January 22, 2018 Outlook for 2018 Directory: Excess, Surplus & Specialty Markets Volume I

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In this Issue

• Features
  NTSB: Broken Wheel Caused 2015 North Dakota Oil Train Wreck
  Federal investigators believe a broken wheel caused a May 2015 oil...
• Features
  Indiana Group Wants Legal Protections for Smokers Repealed
  A group of Indiana health and business organizations is pushing for a...
• Features
  Ohio Restricts Back Surgery, Opioid Use for Injured Workers
  Ohio residents with work-related back injuries in most cases must try...
• Features
  Insurer Loses Michigan Suit; Finds Policy Language Costly
  A dispute over four words will cost an insurance company about...
• Features
  Judge Rules North Dakota Law Limiting Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional
  A state district judge has ruled as unconstitutional North Dakota's...
• People & Places
  People
  Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance named Todd Fancher...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  2017 Disasters
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was busy in 2017 as it...
• Features
  Consolidation Continues: The Squeezing of Wholesale Brokers
  Wholesale insurance brokers have been selling off their businesses...
• Features
  Rates for Commercial Lines Up Slightly in Q4: IVANS
  The IVANS Index of premium rate renewals for the fourth quarter...
• Features
  For First Time in 7 Years, Outlook Improves for Commercial Lines: A.M. Best
  Analysts at A.M. Best have been sufficiently impressed by commercial...
• Features
  U.S. Reinsurance Outlook Remains Negative for 2018, Says A.M. Best
  Ratings firm A.M. Best said it is maintaining its 2018 outlook for...
• Features
  ‘Super Underwriter’ Hoopingarner Wins Insurance Journal’s ‘Coolest Part of Your Job’ Contest
  Insurance underwriter Aubrie Hoopingarner said she wound up working...
• Features
  The Road to Automated Vehicles Could Be Bumpy, Slow
  Driving automation promises to greatly improve the safety of human...
• Idea Exchange
  Tech Talk: The Real Threat to Agents from Amazon
  Amazon may be close to jumping back into insurance, at least in...
• Idea Exchange
  The Wedge: Two Pains in Life
  Have you ever laid in bed with the alarm going off and pushed the...
• Idea Exchange
  Minding Your Business: Making the Competition Irrelevant by Differentiation
  As competition intensifies, agency owners have found it increasingly...
• Idea Exchange
  5 Ways to Make 2018 the Best Year Yet
  Since New Year's resolutions have a 48-hour shelf life, many people...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Campus Guns "College campuses as gun-free zones present an...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  Ryan Specialty Group LLC, Kerwick & Curran Inc. Ryan Specialty...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  Crane & Riggers - All-Lines Market Detail: As underwriting...

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