Features

Editor's Note: To bee or not to bee

IAGA coordinator hopes to win triathlon raining for Lake Placid, N.Y. 'Ironman'

Hurricane winds could be felt in professional liability markets

Not all agents oppose an optional federal charter

Getting tough in a soft market

Harnessing technology in the London insurance market

SullivanCurtisMonroe CEO says growth, profit and fun equal success

Distinguish your agency with commercial client training

Avian Flu and the Property/Casualty Industry

Introducing the world's first certified Best Practice Program Administrator

Departments

Currents

• PIA of Florida alerts members about Poe Financial
• Fla. legislative package targets Citizens deficits, mitigation; establishes oversight policies
• Florida officials make 80 arrests, kick off 'operation spring cleaning'
• Suncoast CPCU topic: How to resolve conflict in the workplace
• PIA of Florida obtains answers about Poe Financial, its subsidiaries
• Senate Republicans fail again in efforts to cap medical malpractice awards
• Four out of 10 medical malpractice cases are groundless; majority dismissed without payout
• Insurers should not underestimate next influenza pandemic's severity, risk experts say
• Despite catastrophe losses, soft pricing continues in commercial insurance market, buyers report
• U.S. insurers withstood record catastrophe losses in 2005
• Highlights of the TMPAA Best Practice Administrator Process:
• Auto insurance costs hold steady; industry cites safety, less accidents as the cause

Fraud Roundup

• Fraud

Newsbriefs

• FLA. PIP/NO-FAULT BILL HAS 2009 SUNSET
• FLA. SIGNS TORT REFORM
• HOUSE OF LORDS ASBESTOS DECISION LIMITS DAMAGE LIABILITY
• ASSOCIATION GAINS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR LONDON MARKET TEST
• PXRE EDGES TOWARDS RUNOFF DESPITE $41.6 MILLION Q1 NET

People & Places

• People and Places