Welcome to PropertyCasualty360.com, a new site that the editorsof National Underwriter, Property & Casualty;American Agent & Broker; Claims; TechDecisions; and Florida Underwriter have created toserve as one distinct and vital information source for all P&Cinsurance professionals.

What is PropertyCasualty360.com? The site represents thefruition of a year-long plan to address a critical need among ourreaderships. In a survey Summit Business Media conducted, 96.5percent of P&C professionals reported that, currently, there isno single source of content that addresses all of their informationneeds.

Consider that need addressed.

We brought together the Web sites from each magazine in SummitBusiness Media’s P&C Insurance Network to create the onlyP&C-focused source of information that addresses the concernsof insurance specialists like you: agents and brokers; riskprofessionals and corporate buyers; claims professionals, and homeoffice staff, including underwriters and insurance ITexecutives.

Much like the companies and readers for whom we write, we setout to create a more efficient and useful product that deliveredservices for our customers. That meant tearing down the walls tothe silicon studs to bring five established and well-respectedmagazines under one roof. But don’t worry, we left the foundationintact; the same editorial staffs (with more than 200 years ofcombined editorial experience) are now just working together asone.

That means all of our existing individual sites —Property-Casualty.com, AgentandBroker.com, ClaimsMag.com,Tech-Decisions.com, and FloridaUnderwriter.com — and their expertstaff and contributors have found a new home atPropertyCasualty360.com. All of these sites and their archivedcontent, as well as the online versions of each publication’s printmagazine, have been rolled into PropertyCasualty360.com.

We organized the site into five main channels — Markets, Risk, Claims, Agent &Broker, and Technology —that will feature content guided by our full-time editors as wellas breaking news from our online news staff. You will also findexclusive contributions from experts and opinion leaders like ChrisAmrhein and Rick Gilman from American Agent & Broker;the FC&SOnline staff and Ken Brownlee from Claims Magazine;and Paul Rolich and George Grieve from Tech Decisions.

We have also streamlined our eNewsletters to help you define thecontent that you wish to receive. If your are looking for dailybreaking news on the P&C industry, sign up to receive our DailyeNews. Interested only in Agent & Broker or Claims-relatedinformation? We have you covered. To see all of your options forhaving content delivered directly to you, click here.

The wisdom of our editors and columnists will be supplemented byan influx of exclusive content written by experienced contributorsand bloggers, some of whom include:

• Claire Wilkinson of Insurance Information Institute, discussingcurrent P&C trends;
• Kathy Donovan of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, explainingcompliance issues for the industry;
• Consultants from research and advisory firms TowerGroup,Novarica, and Celent, writing on technology trends and bestpractices; and
• James Jones of the Katie School of Insurance and FinancialServices at Illinois State, with advice on leadership skills andhow to connect with the next generation of insuranceprofessionals.

It’s an exciting time and there will be more to come throughoutthe year. So explore PropertyCasualty360.com, and let me know whatyou think by e-mailing me at [email protected], or byinserting your comments below to tell us how we’re doing.

Eric Gilkey
Editor
PropertyCasualty360.com