November 8, 2004
Insurance Journal Southeast Magazine

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In this Issue

• Features
  Enhancing Communication Skills
  An insurance agency's main function is to serve as the conduit to ...
• Features
  Nine Ways to Get Personal When Selling Business Insurance
  Every business insurance prospect yearns to be treated as an ...
• Ratings
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Lowered
  Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its counterparty credit ...
• Ratings
  Willis Placed on Credit Watch Neg
  S&P placed its "BBB-" counterparty credit rating on Willis Group ...
• Ratings
  Aon Corp. Lowered
  S&P lowered its counterparty credit rating on Aon Corp. to "BBB+/A-2" ...
• Ratings
  Fireman’s Fund Downgraded
  S&P lowered its counterparty and financial strength ratings on ...
• Cover Story
  It’s a Wonderful Bank
  Community banks have come a long way since Jimmy Stewart's character ...
• Features
  For Farm Mutuals, Mergers May be ‘Good, Bad or Ugly’ but Still Worth Considering
  One mutual insurance company merger works out like a dream, while ...
• Editor's Note
  Spitzer Effect Could Backfire
  Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods caused a tumultuous summer and shaky fall ...
• Features
  NAIC Conference Call Places State Insurance Investigations on Hold
  State insurance commissioners in the southeast and across the United ...
• Features
  Agents Watching Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Closely
  New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's filing on Oct. 14 of charges ...
• Features
  Big ‘I’ Panelists Concerned About Terrorism, Asbestos, Tort Reform
  Terrorism, asbestos and tort reform will be key industry concerns ...
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• Features
  NAMIC Applauds SC Governor’s ‘Contract For Change’
  South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford received accolades from The National ...
• Features
  ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
  The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to ...
• Newsbriefs
  FLA. OKS CLAIM PROCESSING DEADLINE:
  Gov. Jeb Bush and members of the Florida Cabinet today OK'd an ...
• Newsbriefs
  ST. PAUL TRAVELERS RETURNS TO MISS.:
  Travelers--the nation's second-largest commercial insurance ...
• Newsbriefs
  FLA. CONTRACTORS MUST MEET WORKERS’ COMP REQUIREMENTS:
  In response to reportedly hundreds of calls from homeowners and ...
• Newsbriefs
  N.C. RESIDENTS RECEIVE MORE THAN $8.5 MILLION IN DISASTER AID:
  Officials of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency ...
• Newsbriefs
  GA. P/C TRADE ASSOCIATION WELCOMES NAMIC:
  The Georgia Association of Property/Casualty Insurance Companies ...
• Newsbriefs
  PALMER & CAY RAISES $50,000:
  Palmer & Cay hosted the First Annual "Fight Against Brain Tumors ...
• Newsbriefs
  HANCOCK BANK TO BUY RKW:
  Hancock Bank of Gulfport, Miss., will acquire property and casualty ...
• Newsbriefs
  N.C. Requires Certified Statements on Bid Rigging:
  A "demand to produce information" has been issued by the North Carolina ...
• Newsbriefs
  INSURANCE SCANDAL TOUCHES S.C.:
  The unfolding scandal has claimed one victim in South Carolina, and ...
• Parting Shots
  Big ‘I’ Takes Proactive Approach to Issues in the Spitzer Investigation
  By now, you probably are aware that insurance broker Marsh & McLennan ...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  In Asheville, N.C., Don Evans, president, and Bob Bird, CEO, honored ...