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
SOUTHEAST COVERAGE
	
Florida Appeals Court, Regulator Reject Policy Language Aimed at Curbing AOB Abuse
	
North Carolina Rejects Proposed 18.7% Homeowners Rate Increase
	
Insurers Off the Hook for West Virginia Hole-in-One Tournament Payouts
	
Kentucky Reports $10.5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
	
West Virginia's Drug Overdose Rate Highest in Nation, Again
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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