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Excess, Surplus & Specialty

Main Street E&S: Why independent agents like backyard brokers In today’s business world, it’s rare to hear a live voice...

Reinsurance Outlook

Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate...

Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006 Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $511 billion in...

By Andrew G. Simpson

Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well since it was only about six years ago. It was a...

Lots of stability

When he is presented with a construction account at his office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Rubin Alspector can quickly...

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