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August 22, 2005
East Edition
Contractors Issue

Residential Contractors Market: Home Builders Face Tough Climb

As construction development in the United States reaches an all time peak, with overall spending up 7.5 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, agents and brokers writing contractor business are having a tough time locating markets to insure their clients. While business may be booming for contractors, finding insurance, especially general liability ...

Features

Editor's Note: Sponge Bob's All Wet

Barometer Shows Premiums on the Decline for Contractors Market

International Newsbriefs

Claims History Model Act Now in Hands of State Legislators

Brokerage Watch

Seven Steps in Selling Your Agency

Cosgrove, Dean of American Insurance Journalists, Dies at 93

Study: Short-Term TRIA Renewal Recommended; Long-Term Solution Needed

Insurance Industry's Share of Weather-Related Losses Rising, Researcher Says

Born to File Claims: Driving Behavior is Written in the Stars

When Failure to Provide Fall Protection Becomes a Willful OSHA Violation

Debate Over Mandating Home Sprinklers About to Heat Up

Eavesdropping Scandal Aftermath Pits Insurer Vs. Virginia GOP

AIG Denies Claims Fraud Charges by Consortium of Reinsurers

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