Features

Editor's Note: New Year's resolutions

Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006

Artisan contractors run for liability cover

Sizing Up The Construction Market

Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady

Constructive advice

Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends

Risk management strategies before, during and after construction

Building up construction insurance, block by block

2006: The year when changes take hold

Calif. Insurance Wholesalers Association creates grassroots campaign

California residential construction efforts reduce risk of defect litigation

Frozen pipes cause billions in damage, but can be prevented

Workers' comp benefits can stop at retirement age, Mont. judge rules

Are bloggers journalists? Inquiring journalists want to know

IJ Exclusive: Colorado Commissioner David Rivera Has Age and Experience

Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net

Boom, baby boom 78 million and getting stronger

Calif. insurance commissioner announces new regulations for auto insurance rates

Calif. court decision expected to lower workers' comp rates

Alaska Superior Court offers ruling on credit history in underwriting

Drivers living near restaurants pose higher risks than church neighbors

Departments

Fraud Roundup

• Utah Man Who Faked Death on Mountain Pleads Guilty
• Operator of Employers Mutual Convicted of Fraud Scheme

New Markets

• Construction -- General Contractors and Artisans
• Residential Contractors in California
• Residential Contractors in California

Newsbriefs

• MARKETING TO BABY BOOMERS
• AUTO DEALERS COMPENSATION OF CALIF. RETURNS $9.6 MILLION
• FIRE BURNS IDAHO MALL

People & Places

• People & Places