October 6, 2008 Salute to Program Managers Cyberisk/Identity Theft Risk Retention Group Directory

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Features
Reinsurance Executives Tour Fortified Home in Mississippi
Nearing the end of a years-long highly specialized residential...
People & Places
People
National insurance program administrator Venture Insurance Programs...
It Figures
It Figures
43 The number of truckloads of debris containing asbestos that got...
Editor's Note
Hank You Very Much
These are historic times. The country and the world are learning the...
Closing Quote
Crane Safety Guidelines Needed
In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar...
Features
In Case of North Carolina Agent Charged with Murder, Autopsy is Inconclusive
An autopsy says the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator...
Declarations
Declarations
Spitzer's Folly "When (Eliot Spitzer) was attorney general he was on...
Features
West Virginia Resort Loses Another Insurance Conference Over Labor Rift
An insurance group has canceled another conference scheduled at The...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Liberty Mutual, Safeco Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized...
Features
S.C. Safe Home Program Updates Web Site
The South Carolina Safe Home Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program has...
Features
Lawmaker Calls for AIG Internal Documents
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight...
Features
More to Come in Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 10 tropical storms and hurricanes that ripped through the...

National Coverage

Features
U.S. P/C Insurers’ Net Income Falls More Than 50% in First Half 2008
The U.S. property/casualty industry's net income after taxes fell...
Features
Cracking Under Pressure
The Chips Fall: Agents, Customers, Competitors Pick Up the Pieces...
Features
Lessons Learned from the AIG Crisis
Insurance Journal's exclusive "AIG in Crisis Survey" asked...
Features
State Regulators Blast Federal Regulation Advocates Over AIG
State insurance commissioners have lashed out at members of Congress...
New Markets
New Markets
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
Features
Congress Extends National Flood Insurance Plan Until Next March
The U.S. Senate approved legislation to extend the National Flood...
Features
It Pays To Specialize
How Program Managers Beat the Commodity Trend and Soft Market Despite...
Features
Competitors Offer to Fill the Gaps
There have been some subtle and not-so-subtle moves by competitors in...
Features
ID Theft Insurance: Oasis or Mirage?
Is It Worth Recommending to Valued Agency Clients? A client concerned...
Minding Your Business
Technology: A Brave New World
Agents Must Expand Their Technology Horizon to Exploit the 'Value...
Features
Teamwork in Your Agency: Lip Service or Reality?
Now's the Time to Gauge the Health and Effectiveness of Your Agency...
Features
Lurking Cyber Risks
Agents Can Become a Trusted Expert for Unaware Businesses A...
Features
For Agents, Their Carriers’ Claims Service is Top Performance Measure
Independent insurance agents want their property/casualty insurance...
Features
To Tax or Not to Tax – Battling Coalitions Dispute Bermuda ‘Loophole’
Claims Managers 'Don't Like Ike' as Losses from the Hurricane Pile Up...
Features
AIG: Picking at the Pieces
Speculation Abounds as AIG Readies to Sell Off Assets For the moment,...
Features
Fractured Loyalty: Customer Versus Company
A producer's response to request to move AIG business could depend on...