Insurance Journal Magazine

July 19, 2010 Excess, Surplus & Specialty Markets Directory, Vol. II
In this Issue
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FeaturesGeorgia Teacher Not Liable for Student Injury, Rules State’s High Court
The Georgia Supreme Court says a Forsyth County teacher can't be held... -
FeaturesGulf Oil Disaster Insureds Warned of Claim Notification Deadline
Insureds facing the possibility of losses from the BP oil disaster in... -
FeaturesKentucky Debates Farm Safety Laws After Hayride Death
The death of a woman thrown from a hay wagon during a ride at a... -
FeaturesBusiness Moves
NetComp NetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in... -
FeaturesPost Office Averted Fake Forwarding of Mail Sent to Florida’s Citizens
Florida's Citizens Property Insurance is probably not missing any... -
FeaturesRoad Tech
Technology — cell phones and texting technologies to be precise —... -
FeaturesFlorida Insurers Need Rate Increases, Says Rating Expert Demotech
Reinsurance and $100 Million in New Capital Have Boosted P/C Carriers... -
FeaturesIt Figures
120 The number of days Congress extended the National Flood Insurance... -
People & PlacesPeople
Steven D. Johnson has been named CEO of the Applied Systems Client... -
FeaturesTruckers Insurance Headed in New Directions
Turns in the Road Include Recession, Court Rulings, Safety... -
FeaturesDeclarations
Meant It "I meant exactly what I said in August 2007. I did not... -
FeaturesTennessee Wife Whose Suicidal Husband Burned Home Denied Claims
A Tennessee woman whose terminally-ill husband burned down his house... -
FeaturesWhy Insurance Agents Must Join the Social Media Revolution
Independent insurance agents need to acknowledge that having "a Web...
National Coverage
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FeaturesSmall Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket
A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small... -
FeaturesEx-Marsh Executives’ Bid-Rigging Convictions Tossed on New Evidence
A New York judge has thrown out the convictions of two former Marsh... -
FeaturesWebinar to Help P/C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be... -
FeaturesSwett & Crawford Goes Global With Cooper Gay
Swett & Crawford, one of the nation's largest and oldest... -
FeaturesMake Your Agency Look Big – Even If It’s Not
Small Agencies Are Bigger Than They Think The problem with being a... -
FeaturesInsurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Ryan Gears Up for Performance, Leadership Sessions
How to Have Tough Conversations with Employees and Leadership... -
FeaturesE&O Insights: E&S Market Fraught with Landmines
Valuable E&S Market Must Be Navigated With Care For probably as... -
FeaturesNew Markets
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of... -
FeaturesThe Physics Behind Business
How to Apply the Laws of Nature to Life and Businesses Running a... -
FeaturesHow New Exchange of Healthcare Data Might Reduce Tort Costs
Tort reform, which has been a longstanding and slow-moving political... -
FeaturesAs the Wholesale World Turns
E&S Brokerage Mergers, Expansions and Start Ups, Oh My! As goes...