| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media, Conference planning |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Erlanger, Kentucky |
| Key people | Thomas M. Flynn, Interim CEO |
| Products | Magazines, Events, and Internet media |
| Employees | 400+ |
| Website | http://www.summitbusinessmedia.com |
Summit Business Media was formed in 2006, through acquisitions of media assets. Summit Business Media currently owns assets purchased from many media companies, including The National Underwriter Company, Thomson Media, Bloomberg, Adams Business Media, Wicks Business Information, Agent Media, and WiesnerMedia. It is a B2B media and information company that focuses on the insurance, investments, employee benefits, global mining and professional services markets. Today it has 400 employees working in eleven different locations across the United States. The company is split up into four divisions: Media, Event, Reference, and Data.[1] Board members include former CEO of Canon Communications and current CEO of GLM Holdings, Charlie McCurdy; current F+W Media chairman and CEO David Nussbaum; former Ziff-Davis CEO Jason Young; and Jean Clifton, former EVP and CFO of Penton Media and CEO of Reader's Digest. Summit Business Media is a privately owned company, including EOS Partners and GE Capital.[2]
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The Media Division consists of four market groups: Life & Health, Property & Casualty, Investment Advisory, and Professional Services. Each sector produces a variety of publications.
The Life & Health Group publishes Agent's Sales Journal, Benefits Selling, Life Insurance Selling, National Underwriter Life & Health, ProducersWEB.com, Senior Market Advisor and LifeHealthPro.com.
The Property & Casualty Group publishes American Agent & Broker, Claims, Florida Underwriter, National Underwriter Property & Casualty, Tech Decisions, and Property Casualty 360.com.
The Investment Advisory Group publishes AdvisorOne.com, Investment Advisor, and Research.
The Professional Services Group publishes Credit Union Times, Futures, InsideCounsel, and Treasury & Risk.
The Events Division hosts a dozen conferences each year for the insurance, banking, legal, professional, mining and natural resources customers. These are hosted in a variety of locations across the United States and internationally. See www.summitliveevents.com and www.iiconf.com for the latest event calendar.
The Reference Division offers hundreds of different titles and services including tax and financial planning, property and casualty tools and resources, training, and sales management systems.[3]
The Data Division includes: Marketing Data Group including Agent Media Data, Kirschners, Judy Diamond Associates, and FreeErisa.
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