8 Drive Insurance from Progressive lowers Colo. auto rates

January 7, 2007

Tort system helping to reduce costs

8 Gov.-elects appoint insurance department heads

Colorado picks Mayor Morrison, Idaho picks Rep. Deal

8 Calif. workers’ comp reforms working

Yet outgoing commissioner says still room for improvement

9 Reinsurance rates falling or flat, Willis reports

Gulf and East Coasts the exception, with rates still rising

10 Late storm binge has West singing winter blues

Pacific Northwest losses could reach $500 million

14 Oregon promotes best practices

State to use Insurance Marketplace Standards Association guidelines

14 Oregon Archdiocese plan calls for $75 million settlement

Insurers agreed to pay nearly $52 million as part of plan

N1 N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs bring another suit

This time Acordia is in the hot seat

N2 Congress keeps extending flood insurance

Despite Katrina lessons and $20 million debt

N3 Absence of hurricanes beneficial to insurers

P/C industry posts $24.4 billion net gain through nine months

MARKET FEATURES

N6 Insurance Journal Exclusive Spotlight:

2007 Insurance Industry Annual Meetings Directory

N14 Closer Look: Employment Practices Liability

Making the case for small/mid-size business EPLI

N16 Closer Look: Employment Practices Liability

Attributes of an excellent and lasting EPLI program

N20 Special Report: Contractors and Subcontractors

Subcontractor default insurance or performance bonds?

N20 Special Report: Contractors and Subcontractors

Contractors not buying into professional liability market

Survey reports as many as 50% do not buy coverage

48 New fire science could overturn arson convictions

As many as 15,000 mistaken investigations each year

IDEA EXCHANGE

N24 Minding Your Business

When all else fails, do something different

N26 BOPing in on employment practices liability insurance

Hanover’s Coon details endorsement option for BOPs

56 Enron’s legacies and D&O risk

D&O insurers and policyholders face a changed claims environment

62 Closing Quote: What construction clients are getting

New statutes of repose note the time a contractor can be held liable

DEPARTMENTS

12 People

16 Business Moves

55 New Markets

59 Fraud Roundup

Topics Auto Contractors Colorado

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