The Rough Notes Company, Inc.

The Rough Notes Company, Inc. is the nation’s leading source of insurance innovations, trends, products & services shaping independent agencies and the P&C industry. Established on November 10, 1878, Dr. Henry C. Martin went to press with his first newsletter entitled, “The Insurance Rough Notes”​. Dr. Martin created the publication by compiling copious notes, some written roughly by hand, derived from traveling became a full-time publisher of “Rough Notes”​ magazine to keep up with the demand for the digest’s educational and technical information.

For more than a century, The Rough Notes Company, Inc. has kept up with the demand by directly servicing the independent insurance professionals and the companies it represents including servicing through insurance industry distribution channels. The Rough Notes Company pledges to continue its tradition of listening to the needs of the insurance industry by innovating solutions that support growing businesses.