A.M. Best Posts Video Presentations from 2007 Insurance Marketing and Advertising Summit.

OLDWICK, N.J. -- Video segments from all presentations at the 2007 Insurance Marketing and Advertising Summit are now online at http://www.bestreview.com/videos/imas2007.html. The conference, which drew a capacity audience, was held Nov. 8 in New York City. It featured leading marketers from insurance companies, organizations, agencies, along with advertising and media agencies. The annual event is organized by Best's Review magazine and the A.M. Best Company. Full coverage appears in the January edition of Best's Review magazine.

Video presentations include:

* Steve Sullivan of Liberty Mutual takes marketers inside the "Responsibility. What's Your Policy?" television and multimedia advertising campaign.

* Trish Robinson of Mass Mutual explains the "Front of the Mind" campaign. MassMutual has done some noteworthy placements, including sponsoring entire editions of national magazines, along with unusual television advertising.

* Luis Sahagun of Farmers Insurance outlines the do's and don'ts of multicultural marketing, illustrating his points with a variety of Farmers commercials targeting specific groups and languages.

* Jon Swallen of TNS Media Intelligence examines the spending boom of recent years in insurance advertising. There's even more expected growth ahead, Swallen shows.

* Siobhan McNulty of Old Mutual Financial Network and Rena Kilgannon of the Kilgannon advertising agency outline how Old Mutual is ramping up its brand awareness in the United States market.

* Donna Wares of Hagerty shows how the agency is targeting car and boat collectors -- and agents that place that business -- with sassy advertising on television and in print

* Marci DeVries of Imre Communications outlines the emerging new-media channels and how insurers, agents and brokers can take advantage of new communications opportunities.

* Actuary Jay Jaffe explains what insurers should know about developing profit-based products and promotions.

* Andrea Basora of the Insurance Information Institute shows how her organization is expanding its electronic presence, becoming a deeper source of online information.

* Sam Friedman of National Underwriter talks about the impact of New Media.

* Lee McDonald of the A.M. Best Company provides an overview of today's insurance market, with an eye toward what marketers should know.

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