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December 19, 2005
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New Markets Issue

Independent Agents Feel Hurricane Katrina's Full Force

Residents in many areas of the Gulf Coast watched their lives change forever on Aug. 29, 2005. When all was said and done, Hurricane Katrina went in the record books as the country's worst natural disaster, leaving a large swath of death and destruction in her wake. While independent insurance agents and claims adjusters were expected and ...

Features

Editor's Note: Holiday High Jinks

A Katrina Diary: On the Road to Recovery

Hurricane Katrina Leads to Large Number of Claims, Frustration

Update from the Gulf Coast: A Policyholder's Perspective

Lloyd's Hurricane Losses Top $ 5 Billion

National Newsbriefs

Alternative Products Changing P/C Landscape

Tomorrow's Insurance Products Are Being Developed Today

Turn Routine Office Documents into Moneymaking Tools

Historic Hurricane Year Puts the Spotlight on Federal Flood Insurance

Insurers Urged to Assess Climate Change Risks

Five Major Hurricanes Expected in 2006

Five Major Hurricanes Expected in 2006

Duty to or Non Duty to Defend:What is the Best Defense Provision?

Office Holiday Party Hanky Panky? Think Again

Potential for Avian Flu Pandemic Casts a Frightening Shadow Over Insurers

Meeting Today's Challenges and Preparing for Tomorrow's

Calif. Court Rules in Favor of Earthquake Policyholders

Insurers Challenge "Underground Regulations"

Settlement Proposed in Insurance Agent Class Action Against ChoicePoint

Departments

Fraud Roundup

New Markets

Newsbriefs

People & Places