Magazines

Table of Contents
July 23, 2007
West Edition
2007 National Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialy Markets
Features
Editor's Note: Size doesn't matter
Regional companies provide a competitive advantage
A recipe for independent agency-carrier relationship success
Calif. Earthquake Authority pushes for industry assessments
Calif. workers' comp earthquake losses could exceed $150 million annually
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren't coming
Teen drivers talk, text too much while on the road
Nevada consumers puzzle over using credit history
Congress gets serious about surplus lines insurance reform
Reeling in the new recruits
Control experience modification factor, before it controls you
Premium Growth: Top 25 P/C premium gainers for first quarter 2007
Building the case with customers for excess casualty coverage
Growing Your Property Casualty Agency: Creatively communicate with your carriers
Idea Exchange: Bankruptcy and D&O claims settlements
Idea Exchange: Commercial lines insurers' stocks up; M&A activity steady in 2nd quarter
Closing Quote: The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act
It Figures: It Figures
Declarations: Declarations
Departments
Currents
- $660 million will settle church abuse case
- Hawaii governor vetoes workers' comp bills
- Study: Calif. workers' comp reforms working
- Agency must pay $5.8 million to SoCal firm
- Calif. low cost auto insurance program expanded to nine counties
- Oregon fines nine AIG companies $5 million
- Fireman's Fund launches Bay Area wildfire readiness program
- Thousands of Washington homes threatened by faulty fire sprinklers
- Oregon's Ario tapped to be Pennsylvania commissioner
- Tahoe fire losses could reach $150 million, victims may be underinsured
- Industry supports terror bill but not all agree with NBCR mandate
- FBI data mining targets include insurance fraud suspects
- GAO: Identity theft cases limited compared to number of security breaches
- P/C industry net income, overall profitability slips
- Bermuda shorted as more U.S. captives form onshore, Aon reports
- Supreme Court raises bar for investors bringing securities fraud suits
- Treasury chief Paulson vows review of U.S. financial services regulation
Fraud Roundup
New Markets
Newsbriefs
- CEA APPROVES RATE APPLICATION AND REINSURANCE PROGRAM
- NEVADA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRAUDULENT ANNUITIES INSURANCE
- THE NONADMITTED INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE REFORM ACT OF 2007 (HR 1065)
- U.S. P/C INSURERS PAY $2.1 BILLION IN CAT LOSSES


