May 5, 2008
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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In this Issue

• Features
  Insurance Sector Ranks Second in Federal Political Giving
  The nation's lobbyists spent $17 million for every day that Congress ...
• Features
  California Earthquake: Damage Predictions of ‘Big One’ Get Bigger
  A new report is predicting that a repeat of San Francisco's 1906 ...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Boon for Buyer "This is the opportunity to take West Coast ...
• Editor's Note
  On Shaky Ground
  There have been a lot of rumblings lately — with scientists recording ...
• Features
  Auto Exempted From Colorado Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act
  After much testimony and deliberation on Colorado House Bill 1389, the ...
• Features
  Car Crash Deaths Increase Starting at Age 12, Study Finds
  Child passengers ages 12 to 16 are more likely to die in a car crash ...
• Features
  Survey: Majority of October’s California Wildfire Claims Settled
  A new survey of insurance companies estimated that nearly 90 percent of ...
• Features
  Mutuals and Stocks Behave Differently in Insurance Cycles
  Difference is tied to how mutual insurers build market share, Conning ...
• Closing Quote
  Time to Expand Risk Retention Law to Property
  The Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 (LRRA) was enacted for the ...
• People & Places
  People
  Patrick G. Ryan, founder and executive chairman Aon Corp., said he ...
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• Features
  Court Denies Allstate’s Request to Avoid Rate Decrease
  A San Francisco judge has refused Allstate's request to block a 15.9 ...
• Features
  Earthquakes Raise Questions of Future Shocks, Public Readiness
  Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast ...
• Features
  Colorado Motorcycle Fatalities Reach Record High
  Motorcycle fatalities are on the rise in Colorado, doubling from 45 in ...
• Features
  California Aims to Improve Insurance Rate Approval Process
  California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued emergency ...
• Features
  Consumer Federation Says Prior Approval Works, Industry Says Not True
  A nationwide consumer study of automobile insurance regulation says ...
• Legal Beat
  Defining ‘Professional Services’ For Specialty Policies Not Always Easy
  Professional services" can have connotations ranging from racy ...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  BB&T Insurance Services, Union Bank of California Raleigh, N.C.-based ...
• Features
  Earthquakes Shake Reno, Bigger Quake Could be Coming
  Two moderate earthquakes shook the Mogul-Somerset area just west of ...
• Features
  National Insurance Crime Bureau: West Has Highest Vehicle Theft Rates
  The West has the highest per capita rates for vehicle thefts, according ...
• It Figures
  It Figures
  204 The number of jobs Nationwide Insurance announced it would be ...

National Coverage

• Features
  What MGAs Should Know About Carriers’ Due Diligence for Programs
  Proper due diligence lays the foundation for a mutually beneficial, ...
• Features
  Simple Successful in a Complex World
  Woodruff-Sawyer and Co., ranked #16 in the Insurance Journal Top 100 ...
• Features
  Rep. Kanjorski: Federal Government Must Learn About Insurance Before Regulating It
  A key Congressman involved in insurance regulation issues says that ...
• Minding Your Business
  Seminars Help Generate New Sales and Marketing Techniques
  Catherine recently attended a CIC Ruble seminar on Sales & Marketing in ...
• Features
  Risk Retention Groups Could Add Property Coverage Under Bill in Congress
  Legislation designed to modernize the federal Liability Risk Retention ...
• Features
  Match-making: What Retail Agents Want From Wholesalers and MGAs
  Exclusive Insurance Journal survey: successful relationships depend on ...
• Features
  A Soft Market Solution: MGAs and Risk Sharing
  Part1: Retaining limited underwriting risk could offer MGAs a way to ...
• Carrier Watch
  Carrier Stock Prices on the Rocks Thus Far in 2008 But M&As Robust
  Stock Prices Consistent with the market as a whole, the carrier sector ...
• Features
  Beware! It’s Open Season on ERISA Fiduciaries
  During the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, nearly 10,000 new ...
• News Currents
  Analysts See Increase in P/C Mergers Ahead; Rate Climate Top Challenge
  Insurance equity analysts expect a significant increase in ...
• News Currents
  Liberty Mutual to Acquire Safeco Insurance in $6.2 Billion Deal
  Liberty Mutual Group has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of ...
• Features
  Industry Progressing With Real Time Technology and Downloads
  Independent agents and carriers see gains — in some cases doubling ...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of ...
• Features
  Safeco a ‘Good Fit,’ Says Liberty Mutual Agency Market’s Gregg
  Safeco and Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies are a "great fit" ...

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