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Editor's Note: Vicarious scaffolding view

Maryland gets new med mal writer

Getting tough in a soft market

Harnessing technology in the London insurance market

SullivanCurtisMonroe CEO says growth, profit and fun equal success

Distinguish your agency with commercial client training

Avian Flu and the Property/Casualty Industry

Introducing the world's first certified Best Practice Program Administrator

Departments

Currents

• As Spitzer effects fade, merger activity seen gaining momentum
• Beware of New Jersey!
• Affinity insurance programs meet computer programs
• Mass. high risk historical drama played out in court, on airwaves
• Liberty Mutual to fight N.Y., Conn. charges over contingent pay for agents
• Ins and outs on Beacon Mutual board
• Senate Republicans fail again in efforts to cap medical malpractice awards
• Four out of 10 medical malpractice cases are groundless; majority dismissed without payout
• Insurers should not underestimate next influenza pandemic's severity, risk experts say
• Despite catastrophe losses, soft pricing continues in commercial insurance market, buyers report
• U.S. insurers withstood record catastrophe losses in 2005
• Highlights of the TMPAA Best Practice Administrator Process:
• Auto insurance costs hold steady; industry cites safety, less accidents as the cause

New Markets

• New Markets

Newsbriefs

• BEHAVING BADLY: METRO N.Y. AUTO CLAIMS
• HOUSE OF LORDS ASBESTOS DECISION LIMITS DAMAGE LIABILITY
• ASSOCIATION GAINS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR LONDON MARKET TEST
• PXRE EDGES TOWARDS RUNOFF DESPITE $41.6 MILLION Q1 NET

People & Places

• People and Places