May 9, 2005
Insurance Journal South Central Magazine

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• Features
  SECOND THOUGHTS: Tales of demergers, detours and determination
  Crying?? There's no crying in baseball. -- Tom Hanks in A League of ...
• Features
  The Mis-Match Game
  Roger Thomas of Thomas & Thomas Agency Consultants and Appraisers, Inc. ...
• Features
  How to Own an Insurance Company
  Purchasing a Shell Could be a Smart Move for Some Profit-Seeking ...
• Features
  Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest
  RIMS Annual Meeting The risk management community and some of the ...
• Features
  Regulators Hit PCI Csiszar’s Pitches Out of the Park
  State insurance department representatives responded to fast balls, ...
• Features
  Safeco Exec Tells SIAA: Independent Agents Key Value is at Point-of-Sale
  Insurance companies value the personal knowledge of customers that ...
• Growing Your Property Casualty Agency
  Why Client Complaints Are a Good Thing
  Insurance is frequently a complicated product to buy as well as to use. ...
• Editor's Note
  Shades of the ‘Killer D’s
  They didn't go as far as hopping across the border and camping out in a ...
• Features
  Back to the Beginning
  It was 1939 and Steve [Waldman's] Uncle Bill Waldman was working as a ...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  Terry Cotter Terry Cotter was named president of Republic Home ...
• Cover Story
  Waldman Bros.: Strong Family Ties Fuel a Passion for Service
  Waldman Bros. may not be the oldest independent insurance agency in ...
• Features
  Small Independent Agencies Become ‘Instantly Big’ with SIAA
  The region of the country that encompasses Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, ...
• Features
  The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: New Changes to the CGL Policy
  Ready or not, the new and "not necessarily so improved" 2004 CGL Policy ...
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• Features
  If There’s an Urge to Merge or Acquire, Look Before You Leap!
  The urge to merge or acquire is often replete with the illusion that ...
• Features
  The Cluster Option: A Short Survival Guide
  It's back! The soft market for commercial lines is hitting much of the ...
• Features
  Graduated Licensing Laws for Teen Drivers Reduced Fatalities, Study Finds
  The fatal crash rate for 16-year-old drivers declined sharply after ...
• Features
  Case Law
  Editor's note: This recurring feature examining insurance coverage ...
• Features
  Okla. Workers’ Comp Reform Held up in Senate as Parties Spar
  The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed bi-partisan workers' ...
• Features
  Texas Senate Passes Asbestos Bill
  The Texas State Senate reported that after 10 years of searching for a ...
• Newsbriefs
  AIA PLEASED WITH 2005 SESSION
  As the Arkansas General Assembly wound down in late April, completing ...
• Newsbriefs
  FORMER TANGIPAHOA PARISH AGENT ARRESTED
  A former Lou-isiana insurance producer in Tangipahoa Parish was ...
• Newsbriefs
  UNAUTHORIZED MARINE INSURANCE TARGETED
  The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it has ordered an ...
• Newsbriefs
  PAIR PLEAD GUILTY IN INSURANCE SCAM
  Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. announced that two more ...
• Newsbriefs
  CIC COMMERCIAL CASUALTY INSTITUTE
  The Independ-ent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma will hold its CIC ...
• Newsbriefs
  TEXAS SENATE PASSES VERIFICATION BILL
  Senate Bill 1670, which addresses the problem of uninsured drivers in ...
• Parting Shots
  Proposed Legislation Ensures Fairness in Standards Applied to Agents
  Texas House Bill 2155 and Senate Bill 236 were recently debated before ...