Inside This Issue
NATIONAL COVERAGE
Handle with Care: How to Protect International Cargo
Covering Items Being Moved from One High Risk Locale to Another
Medical Lawsuit Curbs Would Save Billions, Study Finds
Congressional Report Restarts Tort Reform Debate
Industry to Create National Cargo Crime Database
Groups Look for Ways to Slow Multimillion Dollar Drain
How to Insure a Joint Venture
Follow the Legal Structure When Designing the Insurance Program
Brokerage M&A Wrap-Up
Mergers Took a 3rd Quarter Vacation
Homeowners More at Home with Home Insurers
Insurers Win Points for Offering Discounts, Bundling Multiple Policies
Peace of Mind in an Age of Abductions
Families and Businesses Turning to Kidnap and Ransom Insurance
IDEA EXCHANGE
This Article Will Self-Destruct
University of Washington Researchers Make Data Disappear
Agency Financial Management
Lessons from the Credit Crunch, One Year Later
Growing Your Property/Casualty Agency
How to Prepare a Winning Personal Lines Proposal
Closing Quote: Bryan Falchuk
Trying Times Make Some 'Luxuries' Essential
Special Report: Salute to Program Managers Staying with the Program Market
Carriers Still Positive About Program Market Despite Tumult
Special Report: Salute to Program Managers
Program Pro Kronenberg's Perspective: Expertise, AIG, Innovation and Life After Merger
Spotlight: Top Performing P/C Insurers:
2nd Quarter
Closer Look: Top P/C Commercial Lines Agencies
Leaders Among Nation's Privately-Held Independent Agencies
Agencies' Overall Growth Down But Personal Lines Up
Results from Big 'I" Best Practice Agencies' Study
WEST COVERAGE
Private Insurers Avoiding Washington Flood- Prone Area
Army Corps Says Green River Could Flood Soon
California Jury Awards Wildfire Environmental Damages
First-Ever for Damages from a Wildfire
Strong Earthquakes Abroad Could Weaken Geologic Faults in U.S.
Study Could Point to New Ways to Predict Quakes
Pressure Builds for More States to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
What States Have Done Thus Far About Distracted Driving
Allstate Agents Challenge IRS Over Independent Contractor Status
Charge That Insurer Does Not Deserve Special Tax Treatment
(Calif. Only) Police Have Doubts About California Art Theft Claim Scenario
Were Pollocks and Van Goghs Really Stolen in Monterey County?
(Calif. Only) California Wildfires Raise Landslide Risk
Wildfires Have Stripped Mountain Slopes Bare
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