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May 8, 2006
West Edition
Product Liability Stretches Across the World
Features
Editor's Note: To bee or not to bee
Why agents oppose Sen. Sununu's optional federal charter
Ready, set ... recall
Lloyd's sees 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a turning point
Study calculates impact of 1906 Bay Area earthquake today, preparedness for another
Consumers, many departments required to fight identity theft
Why is insurance like selling the 'invisible?'
Hurricane winds could be felt in professional liability markets
Danger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
A young agent's tricks and treats
Checking-in on hospitality coverage
Taxi and limousine market catches a good fare with sound underwriting
International product exposures can hit business here, there and everywhere
Underwriting requirements
Hotel housekeeper work getting more dangerous with more injuries, pain reported by workers
Commercial lines insurers' capital, M&A activity silent in first quarter
Minding Your Business: Accounts 'not' for sale: Defining account ownership
Departments
Currents
- Spokane Roman Catholic Diocese settles claims with more insurers
- International poll finds rising concern among 30 countries over global warming
- ACE settles bid-rigging case for $80 million
- Proposed Calif. regulations would stress driving record over zip code in pricing auto insurance
- Engineers working toward earthquake-proof structures
- OSHA cites 14,000 employers for high worker injury rates
- Governor claims Calif. workers' comp changes 'huge success'
- U.S. Senate panel advises scrapping, then rebuilding, FEMA
- Survey: Risk managers spent more on disaster preparedness, catastrophe management
- Actuaries to White House: Federal insurance backstop needed
- Sound risk management, investment plus for insurers
- Former Enron executive admits guilt, says complacency equally bad as committing fraud
Fraud Roundup
New Markets
Newsbriefs
- STUDY QUESTIONS VALUE OF LIQUOR-SERVER TRAINING
- FOUNDER OF CALIF.-BASED BOLTON & CO. PASSES AWAY
- INSURERS TO PAY $1.38 BILLION FOR Q1 LOSSES


