Inside This Issue
		NATIONAL COVERAGE
	
Spotlight: Contract Bonds
	
Spotlight: Construction Firms Face Liability Increases: Marsh
	
Special Report: Tapping the High Net Worth Market
	
Special Report: High-Value Home Flood Option
	
Closer Look: Top Workers' Comp Writers
	
Lower Cat Losses Boost P /C Earnings
	
P/C Insurer Results Improve Mid-Year
	
AIG Off Hook for Claims by Madoff Clients Under Home Policies
SOUTH CENTRAL COVERAGE
	
Wind Claims from Hurricane Isaac Only Part of the Story
	
Bastrop Labor Day Fire: One Year Later
IDEA EXCHANGE
	
Settlement Duties: A Duty (to Settle) Too Far
	
Minding Your Business: Oak & Schoeffler
	
Business Ideas to Challenge Our Thinking
	
Closing Quote: Hartwigon Dodd-Frank Provisions
DEPARTMENTS
	
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