Insurance Journal Names Buckner in Top 100

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 2008 – The Insurance Journal, considered the most read national property and casualty publication for independent insurance agents and brokers, has released their Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies list, with The Buckner Company placed solidly at 76.

This is The Buckner Company’s first year on the list—a sign of the company’s exponential growth in the last five years under the leadership of CEO and President Terry H. Buckner. In fact, the article made special note that The Buckner Company reported more than a 56% jump in property and casualty premium over 2006, despite the soft market in 2007.

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The Insurance Journal is one of the most well respected insurance trade publications in the country, with a bi-weekly circulation of more than 40,000 and readers in every state.

InsuranceJournal.com was created in 1997 to provide regional, national and international news and information to the insurance industry. Re-launched in April 2000, InsuranceJournal.com uses its 80 years of insurance expertise to provide the industry real-time news and analysis. In addition, the site includes a number of tools for insurance agents and brokers around the world. Among them are directories detailing available excess & surplus lines markets, programs and workers’ compensation markets. The site also features classified advertising, a news archive and dozens of audio and video interviews with industry leaders from across the world. The numbers speak for themselves—more than 140,000 insurance professionals read more than 2.4 million pages of Insurance Journal Online every month.

Since 1936, The Buckner Company has been serving the insurance needs of Utah and the surrounding states with honesty, integrity, and superior service. Today, as one of the most prominent insurance agencies in the West, The Buckner Company stands out from their competition in their expertise and knowledge of the construction and commercial businesses they service. In addition to providing their expertise in these fields, The Buckner Company also offers personal insurance, employee benefits, and surety bonding services, along with specialty markets, such as trucking and transportation and private client services. Visit www.buckner.com for more information.