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Insurance Journal West

Salute to Managing General Agents/AAMGA Issue; Agency Technology; Premium Finance Directory

Salute to Managing General Agents/AAMGA Issue; Agency Technology; Premium Finance Directory

Insurance Journal West
May 5, 2008
Our Price: $7.95

Inside This Issue

PRIMARY COVERAGE

California aims to improve insurance rate approval process

Advocacy group says proposed regs would "redline" underserved communities

West has highest vehicle theft rates

Modesto, Calif., tops the list

Colorado motorcycle fatalities reach record high

Majority not wearing a helmet

Consumer Federation says prior approval works

Industry says CFA's conclusions off the mark

Court denies Allstate's request to avoid rate decrease

Policyholders should save about $124 per year

Earthquakes shake Reno, Nev.

Bigger quake could be coming

Auto exempted from Colorado Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act

State's competitive rating system preserved

Survey: Majority of October's California wildfire claims settled

More than $1.27 billion in claims settlements

Car crash deaths increase starting at age 12, study finds

Ages 12 to 16 more likely to die in crash than younger children

Liberty Mutual's $6 billion deal for Safeco

Why Agency Markets' Gregg thinks it's a 'good fit'

Analysts: increase in P/C mergers ahead

Also, rate climate change top challenge facing the industry

Washington Report: Risk retention groups could add property under new bill

Feds must learn about insurance before regulating it

MARKET FEATURES

SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to Managing General Agents

What MGAs should know about carriers' due diligence on programs; Laying the foundation for long-term relationship

SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to Managing General Agents

Match-making: What retail agents want from wholesalers; Results from an exclusive Insurance Journal survey

Wholesalers agree there's room for improvement

Leaders respond to agents' concerns over wholesalers' service levels

SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to Managing General Agents

A soft market solution: MGAs and risk sharing; Retaining limited underwriting risk could boost MGA revenues

CLOSER LOOK: Agency Technology

Industry progressing with real time technology and downloads; Independent agents and carriers see doubling of transactions

SPECIAL REPORT: Top 100 Agency Profile

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.: Simply successful in a complex world

Spotlight

Premium Finance Directory

Earthquakes raise questions of future shocks, public readiness

Models, industry emphasize need for better building codes

California Earthquake Authority to use new science in determining rates

Forecast allows for more uniform system in analyzing properties

California Earthquake: Damage predictions of 'big one' get bigger

Repeat of 1906 could cause $150 billion in damages

Mutuals and stocks behave differently in insurance cycles

Difference is tied to how mutual insurers build market share

Insurance sector ranks second in federal political giving

Nation's lobbyists spent $17 million for every day Congress was in session

IDEA EXCHANGE

Minding Your Business

Seminars help generate new sales and marketing techniques

Carrier Watch

Carrier stock prices on the rocks thus far in 2008 but M&As robust

Fiduciary Liability

Beware! It's open season on ERISA fiduciaries

Defining 'professional services' for specialty policies not always easy

Temptation to place too much emphasis on the status of the actor must be avoided

Closing Quote: Time to expand risk retention law to property

RRGs write more than $2.5 billion a year in coverage

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