April 21, 2008 Top 100 Retail Agencies Medical Professional Liability Top Performing P/C Insurers: 1Q

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• Features
  State-Federal Showdown Over Real ID License Averted … For Now
  The clash between the states and the federal government over...
• Features
  Mississippi Wind Pool Rates Reduced
  Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney approved an average 11...
• Features
  Invasive Weed Adds Fuel to Fire Risk in Parched Southeast
  An invasive weed that already has infested more than 1 million acres...
• Features
  Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-full of Opportunities
  The Hartford and XL Insurance pursue insurance industry's love affair...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Poe Suit "Florida's insurance consumers were forced to foot the bill...
• Features
  Florida Sues Insolvent Poe Directors Over Recovery
  The Florida Department of Financial Services filed a civil lawsuit...
• Features
  Indicted Alabama Insurance Executive Blames Political Retaliation
  A Montgomery, Ala. insurance executive indicted by a federal grand...
• People & Places
  People
  The Main Street America Group board of directors promoted two and...
• Features
  Florida Agent Bucks Trends With Growth, Recruitment Strategies
  Riemer's on a collecting spree that includes new employees, green...
• Features
  Tennessee Nixes Emergency Service Fees
  Tennessee has a new law that stops cities from imposing fees for the...
• Features
  S.C. Textile Firm, Railroad Settle in Train Wreck
  A South Carolina textile company that closed after a train wreck and...
• Features
  N.C. Man Charged With Fraud in Diamond Ring Claim
  North Carolina officials arrested a Garner, N.C. man and charged him...
• It Figures
  It Figures
  $420 Million The amount a South Carolina textile company sued Norfolk...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  ACE, Aon ACE Limited has completed its acquisition of 100 percent of...

National Coverage

• Features
  Agents’ Workload Goes Up as Economy, Compensation Move Down
  Soft market, economic downturn, consumer advocacy translate into more...
• Features
  Public Brokers’ Stocks Trading Down While M&As Fall in February, March
  Stock Prices: Brokerage stocks have started 2008 in a downward...
• Features
  Soft Market’s Effect on Premium Volume Doesn’t Have to Hinder Revenue
  Soft market's effect on premium volume doesn't have to hinder revenue...
• Features
  World’s Weather as a Deranged Pinball Machine?
  The 10th edition of the European Insurance Forum (EIF), held at...
• News Currents
  Underwriting Hurt Insurers’ Bottom Lines in 2007
  Steep declines in underwriting profits hurt bottom lines for property...
• Features
  Clinton Plan Would Cut Tax Benefit for Foreign Insurers Competing for U.S. Business
  Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, as part of a broad...
• Features
  Prognosis Good in Medical Professional Liability Market
  Tort reform keeping claims frequency down; surplus up, but severity...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
• Features
  White Papers and Blueprints: Agents Chart Their Own Regulatory Future
  Independent agents hold onto market share, prepare for post-November...
• Features
  U.S. Disaster Agency FEMA Improved But Still Lacking, Report Says
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is better prepared for...
• Features
  Develop Online Renewal Questionnaires for Homeowners Insureds
  During the latter decades of the 20th Century, small insurance...
• Features
  Health Care Market May Be Safer to Operate In
  Tort reform, soft market, drive down claims frequency in health care...
• Features
  Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies
  About This Report: The soft market had its effect on this year's Top...
• Features
  Survey: 1Q Commercial Lines Premiums Drop Most Since 2005
  Commercial lines insurance premiums experienced the largest quarterly...
• Features
  Premium Growth: Top 25 P/C Premium Gainers in 2007 Versus 2006
  President Calvin Coolidge noted that "All growth depends upon...
• Features
  Climate Change Risk Gives Industry An Opportunity to Be Part of the Solution
  Global warming, the consequence of which is referred to as climate...
• Features
  FBI: Dollar Loss From Internet Crime Reaches All-time High of $240 Million in 2007
  Internet crimes in 2007 cost nearly $240 million, a $40 million...

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