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Certified public accountants wading into tax season should be aware of heightened exposure to liability as clients make crucial year-end decisions about how to manage tax liabilities for 2005, according to a recent study by Camico Mutual Insurance Company, the nation's second largest provider of professional liability insurance for CPAs. Ron ...

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Editor's Note: Gather Around

Today's service firms must look beyond their father's E&O

Understanding the rules of rescinding policies

Why are construction managers difficult to insure?

How agents can meet the affluents' expectation of a luxury experience

Finite re can fill environmental liability gap

Exposure in securities class actions down slightly, size of settlements up

Updating regulatory system would remove hurdles, benefit customers

The "secrets" to affluent market success

Agricultural market grows big, sprouting new risks, exposures

Hedging liability bets is not a good idea for hedge funds

Farmers asked to 'Step Up to the Plate for Farm Safety'

Planning for when ... The benefits of contingent buy-sell agreements

Agents push for a technological sea change

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• Colo. wants industry to account for rising rates
• Wyoming litigation legislation could hurt consumers
• PCI urging Colo. lawmakers to reject insurance data reporting bill
• Wash. Senate passes changes in unemployment insurance
• Incentives could improve earthquake protection
• New Mexico legislators adjourn with few insurance bills
• Nev. Supreme Court ruling beneficial to state
• Wash. approves anti-fraud unit, will protect privacy during investigations
• Calif. commissioner issues new workers' compensation regulations
• AIG severs ties with C.V. Starr; expands global energy unit, forms new unit
• Former Gen Re, AIG execs plead not guilty to reinsurance fraud charges
• National Law Journal says top verdicts, punitive damages fall in 2005
• U.S. postal customers gain right to sue for tripping over mail, rules U.S. Supreme Court
• Sarbanes-Oxley oversight board facing constitutional challenge
• Best remains negative on U.S., Bermuda reinsurance markets; expects no upgrades in 2006
• Reinsurance treaty renewals show some premium increases

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• NEW ONLINE SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR CALIF. LICENSE RENEWALS
• LLOYD'S SAYS THE CYCLE IS STILL A CONCERN
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