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Focus on Professional Liability/PLUS; Habitational/Dwellings; Agents' E&O Survey

Focus on Professional Liability/PLUS; Habitational/Dwellings; Agents' E&O Survey

Insurance Journal West
November 3, 2008
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Inside This Issue

NATIONAL COVERAGE

Why Agents Choose Other Markets

Survey Says Some Agents Go Outside the Preferred, Mostly Due to Price

Risk Managers Report Softening While Insurers Battle Surplus Declines

P/C Insurers Take Hit in Q3; Some Sell Stock to Raise Cash for Surplus Woes

Industry Gives Back to Cancer Research and Treatment Institute

Sullivan Group's Chairman Leads Campaign for City of Hope Gala, Nov. 20

Washington Report

SEC Reports Big Jump in Enforcement Actions

Washington Report

Property/Casualty Insurers on Government Rescue Funds: No Thanks

International Report

IPODs are Broke; ING Gets Cash Injection; Climate Change for Fund Managers

SPECIAL REPORT: Focus on Professional Liability

More Lawsuits, Firmer Prices on the Horizon for Executive Liability

Closer Look: Habitational/Dwellings

Challenges Looming for Homeowners Insurance Market

Closer Look: Habitational/Dwellings

Personal Lines Ordinance or Law Exposures

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive Agency E&O Survey

A Winning E&O Defensive Strategy: How Agents Can Block Claims

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive Agency E&O Survey

Agents Joe and Jo on AIG and E&O

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive Agency E&O Survey

More E&O Coverage for a Reasonable Price Suits the Average 'Joe and Jo'

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive Agency E&O Survey

How Independent Agents Reduce E&O Exposure

SPECIAL REPORT: Focus on Professional Liability

Increased Vulnerability of Executive Suite Makes D&O a Critical Coverage

WEST COVERAGE

Aon Selling Auto Insurance Broker in California to Mercury General

Mercury Committed to Independent Agency Channel

California Commissioner Announces 5% Workers' Comp Rate Increase

Rejects WCIRB's 16% Recommendation

Surplus Lines Association of California Increases Stamping Fee

Fee Jumps to 0.225% in January

Idaho Links Into Online National Insurance Producer Registry

Licensing and Renewal Processing Available through NIPR, Sircon

Survey: Californians Take Responsibility for Underinsurance

Yet Only One-Third Read Homeowners Policy in Past Year

Cab Driver's Family Not Entitled to Underinsured Motorist Coverage in Carjacking

Court Says Carjacker Not in Physical Control of Vehicle

Public School Officials Can Be Liable for Not Responding to Harassment Claims

Court Says Principal Was Appropriate Person to Act on Complaints

Montana State Fund Down About $26 Million in Market Tumble

State Fund Can Invest 25% in Stocks

Court: Pharmacy Can Be Liable for Dispensing Withdrawn Drugs

FDA/Manufacturer Recall System Doesn't Work

Law Changes Defense in Construction Defect Claims

New California Law Affects Wraps, Indemnity Contracts, Could Increase Litigation

Utah Motorcycle Deaths Hit Record High

More Riders Mean More Accidents

California Recovers Nearly $13 Million Following 2007 Wildfires

Department of Insurance Received 549 Complaints

Willis Report: California May See Less Shaking in Earthquake

Still 99.7% Chance of Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake in Next 30 Years

Avoiding Errors in Your Agency's E&O

Is the Savings Worth Sacrificing Your Business?

Oregon Insurance Division Administrator Kipper Steps Down

Discusses Record on Agent Relationships

IDEA EXCHANGE

The Battle to Preserve Agency/Broker Value

Agencies Stuck in 'Molasses' Could See Declines in Value

AIG Crisis Highlights the Need for Insurance Professionalism

Are You an Insurance Professional or an Insurance Hack?

Letter to the Editor

CPCU: Employers Can Help to Increase Professionalism

Minding Your Business

Quality Counts! How to Keep Problems From Turning Into Claims

Carrier Watch: Commercial P/C Insurers' Stocks Down 14%; M&A Activity High

Foreclosed Residential Projects

When It's Broken, How Do We Fix It?

Legal Beat: A Short Primer on Binders

Understanding the Limits of Oral and Written Binders

D&O: Has the Credit Crisis Litigation Wave Reached an Inflection Point?

D&O Insurance Entering a Transitional Phase

Closing Quote: Reputational Risk ... At Risk

Corporate Citizenship Could Offer Tarnished Companies the Best Mitigation Strategy

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