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
SOUTH CENTRAL COVERAGE
	
Texas Workers' Comp Division Accepting More Comments on Compounded Drug Rule
	
Idea of Texas Coastal Barrier Resurrected Post-Harvey
	
Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, not Licensed
	
Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up by 66% in 10 Years
	
Number of Licensed Agents, Agencies on the Rise in Arkansas
	
Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class
	
Settlements Reached in West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant Explosion
	
Fifth Circuit Court Says State, not Maritime, Law Applies in Drilling Services Injury Case
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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