RACK 'EM UP

Certified public accountants wading into tax season should be aware of heightened exposure to liability as clients make crucial year-end decisions about how to manage tax liabilities for 2005, according to a recent study by Camico Mutual Insurance Company, the nation's second largest provider of professional liability insurance for CPAs. Ron ...

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Enron case demonstrates reliance on professional advice as defense

Context: the missing ingredient in new hire training

One young agent's tricks of the trade to master cold calling

How agents can meet the affluents' expectation of luxury

Today's mid-size services firms must look beyond their fathers' E&O policy

The "secrets" to affluent market success

Agricultural market grows big, sprouting new risks, exposures

Hedging liability bets is not a good idea for hedge funds

Farmers asked to 'Step Up to the Plate for Farm Safety'

Planning for when ... The benefits of contingent buy-sell agreements

Agents push for a technological sea change

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• Law blocks federally insured doctors from disaster aid
• Doctors, agents, and an antique dealer defraud Pennsylvanian
• Farming shown more dangerous in Virginia than mining
• Md. water taxi insurers sue Coast Guard
• N.Y. homeowners market analysts disagree; how broken is it?
• N.Y. tour boat owner claims he's victim of insurance scam
• If it's broken, how to fix N.Y.'s homeowners market
• AIG severs ties with C.V. Starr; expands global energy unit, forms new unit
• Former Gen Re, AIG execs plead not guilty to reinsurance fraud charges
• National Law Journal says top verdicts, punitive damages fall in 2005
• U.S. postal customers gain right to sue for tripping over mail, rules U.S. Supreme Court
• Sarbanes-Oxley oversight board facing constitutional challenge
• Best remains negative on U.S., Bermuda reinsurance markets; expects no upgrades in 2006
• Reinsurance treaty renewals show some premium increases

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• VT. WORKERS' COMP RATES MODERATE
• N.Y. FARMER ARRAIGNED ON ARSON THAT KILLED 24 COWS
• DEL. REGULATOR PLANS ONLINE SHOPPING SERVICE
• R.I. JURY FINDS LEAD
• LLOYD'S SAYS THE CYCLE IS STILL A CONCERN
• THE AGRIBUSINESS CONFERENCE
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• STARR AGENCY TO OFFER ACE, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY PRODUCTS

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