February 23, 2004
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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Insuring the Wealthy; Marine

In this Issue

• Features
  Are You Playing by Old Agency Management Rules’
  Isn't it time to break the old rules and create new ones? According to ...
• Growing Your Property Casualty Agency
  Sales Lessons You Can Learn from the Presidential Primaries
  This is the heart of the presidential primary season. The media is full ...
• Features
  The Affluent: The Attitude is Different
  F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American short-story writer and novelist who ...
• Ratings
  PMA Capital Ratings Lowered
  Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its counterparty credit ...
• Ratings
  Travelers on CreditWatch
  Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said its "A-" counterparty credit ...
• Ratings
  Gulf, Affiliates on CreditWatch Neg
  S&P announced that its "A+" counterparty credit and financial strength ...
• Features
  Peak Performance Delivers Information Avalanche
  The Peak Performance Insurance Ski Conference, Jan. 22-25, in Copper ...
• Features
  Expand Your Book of Marine Business with Charterers’ Liability
  Most agents and brokers who are trying to grow a book of ocean marine ...
• Features
  Risk Management Solutions: Response to Cyber Threats and Cyberterrorism
  As business grows ever more dependent on the Internet, the battle to ...
• Cover Story
  They’re in the Money!
  Targeting and Insuring the Very Rich When thinking about the wealthy, ...
• New Markets
  Specialty Marine Products
  Nuts & Bolts: Essex Insurance Company, a division of Markel Group, is ...
• Editor's Note
  Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
  Don't we all want a taste of "champagne wishes and caviar dreams?" As a ...
• Features
  Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Legislative Package
  California Insurance Comm-issioner John Garamendi unveiled his new ...
• Features
  Over Objections, NCOIL Restricts Web Access to Meeting Documents
  The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has announced ...
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• Features
  NEW WORKERS’ COMP CARRIER IN CALIF.:
  For the first time in almost two years, entrepreneurial interests are ...
• Newsbriefs
  AIA CALLS FOR STANDARDIZED USE OF EVENT DATA RECORDERS TO IMPROVE VEHICLE SAFETY:
  At a recent meeting of the national leadership of the American ...
• Newsbriefs
  IBA WEST MEMBERSHIP APPROVES 2004 RESOLUTIONS:
  Members of the Independent Brokers and Agents of the West approved ...
• Newsbriefs
  WASH. PHYSICIANS MEET WITH LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS MALPRACTICE CRISIS:
  Steve Woods, MD, Overlake Hospital OBGYN and partner in a private ...
• Fraud Roundup
  Five Monterey County Shop Owners Arrested in Auto Fraud Ring
  Monterey County Sheriff's Department arrested five businesses in one of ...
• Features
  Washington Commissioner Takes Med-Mal Crisis in Stride
  Washington native Mike Kreidler was elected to the office of Insurance ...
• Features
  Baby Boomer Wealth Transfer
  Today's planners sit on the leading edge of what is expected to be the ...
• Features
  The Growing Need for Long Term Care Insurance
  The chance of requiring long-term care services is roughly 50 times the ...
• Features
  More than Evergreens, Apples, Mt. St. Helens and Starbucks
  The United States Census Bureau's Census 2000 estimated the population ...
• Legal Beat
  When is ‘Enough’ Insurance Enough’ A Practical Approach for Brokers
  There is a way to give your client some idea of the potential liability ...
• Parting Shots
  Workers Aren’t the Only Comp Cheats
  Detection by front-line insurance company personnel ... is often the ...
• New Markets
  General Liability
  Nuts & Bolts: Access E&S Insurance Services, based in La Mesa, Calif., ...
• New Markets
  Media Liability
  Nuts & Bolts: Euclid Managers LLC is offering a market for media ...
• New Markets
  Builders’ Risk Market
  Nuts & Bolts: International E&S Insurance Brokers Inc. is offering a ...