Inside This Issue
		NATIONAL COVERAGE
	
Rates for Commercial Lines Up Slightly in Q4: IVANS
	
For First Time in 7 Years, Outlook Improves for Commercial Lines
	
U.S. Reinsurance Outlook Remains Negative for 2018
	
Special Report: The Squeezing of Wholesale Brokers
	
'Super Underwriter' Hoopingarner Wins Insurance Journal's 'Coolest' Job Contest
	
2018 Excess, Surplus & Specialty Lines Directory, Vol. I
MIDWEST COVERAGE
	
NTSB: Broken Wheel Caused 2015 North Dakota Oil Train Wreck
	
Ohio Restricts Back Surgery, Opioid Use for Injured Workers
	
Judge Rules North Dakota Law Limiting Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional
	
Insurer Loses Michigan Suit; Finds Policy Language Costly
IDEA EXCHANGE
	
5 Ways to Make 2018 the Best Year Yet
	
Tech Talk: The Real Threat to Agents from Amazon
	
Minding Your Business: Making the Competition Irrelevant by Differentiation
	
The Wedge: Disciplined Process and Disappointment
	
Closing Quote: The Road to Automated Vehicles Could Be Bumpy, Slow
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