Features

Editor's Note: Much ado about little

N.J. auto restrictions: a troubling turn

States may scrap full collateral requirements for 'alien' reinsurers

Keeping afloat with flood insurance resources

Strong earnings keep insurers' stock prices stable; M&A activity remains flat

Getting your commercial producers to prospect

Insurance and the World Trade Organization negotiations

Preemptive plans crucial to protect art and collectibles

Lost ... but then found somewhere in Florida

Departments

Currents

• Flooding in Pennsylvania destroys 518 homes
• Maryland tends to alcohol training
• Boston's Big Dig tragedy expected to trigger new wave of litigation
• N.Y. blasts 'anemic' workers' comp anti-fraud efforts
• N.Y. lawmakers disappoint on property insurer; avoid workers' comp reform
• While states adopt seat belts laws, 29 still balk at motorcycle helmets
• Mass. Fair Plan plays catch-up on reinsurance, rates
• It Figures
• Agency compensation reflects organic growth, profitability and retention
• Stock option timing scandal to be felt in D&O insurance
• Big 'I' exec tells agents federal charter is a 'recipe for disaster'
• U.S. property/casualty industry posts record 1Q profits

New Markets

• New Markets

Newsbriefs

• N.Y., N.J. AGENTS FIGHT DMV INSERTS
• VIRGINIA TARGETS DOGS, UNDERAGE DRINKING
• SWISS RE ANNOUNCES FIRST GE LAYOFFS
• MERCK WINS NEW JERSEY VIOXX CASE

People & Places

• People and Places