October 20, 2008 Surplus Lines: State of the Market Agribusiness/Farm and Ranch Top Performing P/C Insurers: 3Q

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Closing Quote
The Era of Re-Regulation is Upon Us
Regulatory Competition Is Not the Problem; It's Part of the Solution...
Editor's Note
Too Much
There's too much business news and too little time these days....
Features
New York, Bermuda Sign Regulatory Working Pact
Insurance regulators in New York and Bermuda have agreed to closer...
Features
Mass. Fraud Fighters Reach Milestone
Five years after the creation of Massachusetts' first local...
Features
Greenberg Says AIG’s Subprime Splurge Didn’t Happen on His Watch
American International Group's (AIG) exposure to the subprime...
Features
New Jersey Enacts Workers’ Comp Reform Package
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has signed a package of five bills...
Features
The Truth About AIG and Pennsylvania’s P/C Markets
As problems began unfolding at American International Group last...
Declarations
Declarations
Kneed in Rhode Island "We will work to remedy the issues that have...
Features
New York Ranks Least Complained-About Auto Insurers
Mercury General Group topped the list of least complained-about auto...
Features
Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Gains $10 Million in OneBeacon Long Island Homeowners Renewals
Rhode Island-based Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. has entered into a...
Features
Feds: Construction Deaths Slowed in New York
Despite a string of high-profile construction site deaths -...
People & Places
People
Hospitality Mutual Insurance Co. in Westborough, Mass., named John W....
Business Moves
Business Moves
Wells Fargo, Wachovia Wells Fargo & Co. has won the bidding for...
It Figures
It Figures
$28 Million Settlement paid to the family of a Costa Rican woman...
Features
Financial Crisis Kills Maryland’s Rate Cut
The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) has been granted a...
Features
Agents Balk as Mass. Weighs Ending Auto Surcharge Appeals
People who have switched policies, and everyone who must renew them...

National Coverage

Features
AIG Commercial Insurance Battles Back
Execs Say Balance Sheet, Underwriting Appetite Remain Strong as Ever...
Features
Armed & Ready to Outsell the Competition
West Coast's Interwest Insurance Services Remains Militant on Sales...
Features
Marketing Your Agency is More Than Buying a Few Ads
It's a Master Strategy Implemented by Daily Tactics There are a lot...
Features
Premium Growth: Top 25 P/C Premium Gainers Through Q2 2007
Vita Sackville (1892-1962) was a British novelist and poet. In 1928,...
Features
Surplus Lines: A Market in Transition
The Soft Market and Financial Crisis Could Lead Firms into 'Uncharted...
New Markets
New Markets
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
Features
Industry Innovators Give Agents Alternative Solutions
How to Use Surplus Lines Brokers and Managing General Agents Recent...
Features
From Seed to Supermarket
Agricultural Risks Require the Knowledge and Skill of Specialty...
Features
Financial Crisis Dominates European Risk Manager Debates, Conference
One of Pat Oliphant's more recent editorial cartoons shows...
Features
Pressure Rising for Tighter Regulation of Insurance, Financial Services
With the passage of the $700 billion rescue package, the financial...
Features
CNA’s CEO Stephen Lilienthal Honored by City of Hope, Nov. 20
CNA Financial Corp. Chairman and CEO Stephen W. Lilienthal will be...