July 19, 2010 Excess, Surplus & Specialty Markets Directory, Vol. II

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In this Issue

• People & Places
  People
  Paulette Lundy has been promoted to vice president of Human Resources...
• Features
  New York Weighs Easing Excess Lines Rules
  New York Superintendent of Insurance James J. Wrynn said his agency...
• Features
  New Hampshire Hikes Surplus Lines Taxes
  Surplus lines taxes in New Hampshire have gone up 50 percent, as a...
• Features
  New Jersey Supreme Court: Insurer Must Defend in House Guest Overdose
  An insurance company must defend a homeowner who was sued after a...
• Features
  Road Tech
  Technology - cell phones and texting technologies to be precise -...
• Features
  Business Moves
  First Mercury, Valiant Michigan-based First Mercury Insurance Co. is...
• Features
  It Figures
  $25 Million Amount sought in a wrongful death lawsuit that has been...
• Features
  New Jersey Bill Targets Vehicles Registered Out of State
  New Jersey is taking aim at residents who fraudulently register their...
• Features
  Declarations
  Big Larceny "This is theft on a grand scale, targeting an assortment...
• Features
  Connecticut to Buy, Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties
  The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million...

National Coverage

• Features
  Small Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket
  A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small...
• Features
  Ex-Marsh Executives’ Bid-Rigging Convictions Tossed on New Evidence
  A New York judge has thrown out the convictions of two former Marsh...
• Features
  Webinar to Help P/C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
  For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be...
• Features
  Swett & Crawford Goes Global With Cooper Gay
  Swett & Crawford, one of the nation's largest and oldest...
• Features
  Make Your Agency Look Big – Even If It’s Not
  Small Agencies Are Bigger Than They Think The problem with being a...
• Features
  Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Ryan Gears Up for Performance, Leadership Sessions
  How to Have Tough Conversations with Employees and Leadership...
• Features
  E&O Insights: E&S Market Fraught with Landmines
  Valuable E&S Market Must Be Navigated With Care For probably as...
• Features
  New Markets
  The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
• Features
  The Physics Behind Business
  How to Apply the Laws of Nature to Life and Businesses Running a...
• Features
  How New Exchange of Healthcare Data Might Reduce Tort Costs
  Tort reform, which has been a longstanding and slow-moving political...
• Features
  As the Wholesale World Turns
  E&S Brokerage Mergers, Expansions and Start Ups, Oh My! As goes...

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