The Family That Farms Together, Sells Insurance Together

Suydam Agency Firmly Planted in Community It Serves They could sweep me out of my office and I know that the business would continue just fine. But what am I going to do if I'm not here? I'm not going to work in his flower beds!" Abe Suydam knows that farming in New Jersey has changed from 50 years ago when he was trying to make a living ...

A Rey of Hope in Sleepy Hollow

Two Daughters Follow's in Dad's Footsteps If Frank Rey ever runs for mayor of Sleepy Hollow again, he'll have a bit more time to devote to it than the last time he served. "It was hard being a single agent. It was a lot more hours than I anticipated," says Rey of building an agency and then mixing business with politics in this hamlet on ...

Features

Editor's Note: Big Deal

In Medical Malpractice, the Emergency Has Subsided... for Now

Finite Reinsurance Probes Appear Infinite

Hurricane Forecast: New Jersey To Get Hit Sooner or Later

Pa. Hospitals Paying 2.6% of Patient Revenues for Med-Mal Expenses

Investor Group Has Plans for 157-Year-Old Pawtucket Mutual

Relative and Absolute Success

Mass. Tightens Rule on Finite Reinsurance; States Consider Change in Accounting Rules

Nearly Half of Large and Mid-Sized U.S. Businesses Buy Terror Coverage

Sarbanes-Oxley Rules Drive Up Large Insurers' Audit Costs

SECOND THOUGHTS: Tales of demergers, detours and determination

The Mis-Match Game

How to Own an Insurance Company

Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest

Regulators Hit PCI Csiszar's Pitches Out of the Park

Safeco Exec Tells SIAA: Independent Agents Key Value is at Point-of-Sale

Growing Your Property Casualty Agency: Why Client Complaints Are a Good Thing

Parting Shots: Keeping Retention Rates High In A Softening Market

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