Features

Editor's Note: Wind vs. water saga continues

TSLA's Patterson: After 25 years, retirement is not an option

How should agencies manage premium dollars?

Totally ready or just terrorism ready?

Finding coverage getting tough for homeowners in southern Louisiana

Not all agents oppose an optional federal charter

Brokerage Watch

Raising the profile of managing general agents in the U.S. and abroad

Use agency generated coupons to cash-in on new sales

Writing public entities: how they compare to profit businesses

Woodruff-Sawyer discusses the secret to success

The London market looks beyond Lloyd's

Getting to the bottom of underinsured homes

Taking a piece of the pie

Departments

Currents

• Insurers unlikely to alter credit scoring as agencies pursue uniformity
• Tort reform remains an issue in South Central states
• ATV helmet measure moves to Okla. house floor
• Critics allege wind modelers influenced by insurers
• Banks, shippers, oil companies -- not just insurers -- face Katrina-related suits
• Senators introduce Optional Federal Charter legislation
• Younger adults and those earning above $75K most likely to suffer ID theft
• U.S. tort costs reach a record $260 billion, Tillinghast study reports
• Private companies at increased risk of liability lawsuits, Chubb & Son survey reports

Legal Beat

• The debate over 'ensuing loss' continues

Newsbriefs

• LLOYD'S HOLDS 2005 LOSS TO $180.6 MILLION
• S&P UPS REINSURERS' OUTLOOK TO STABLE
• PUERTO RICO'S COUNTER-SIGNATURE LAW UPHELD

People & Places

• People and Places