January 24, 2011 Excess, Surplus & Specialty Markets Directory Vol. I

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In this Issue

• Features
  Year-End Storms Cloud P/C Insurers’ Results
  U.S. property insurers like Travelers Cos. Inc. and Chubb Corp. were...
• Features
  Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
  River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the...
• People & Places
  People
  National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added...
• Features
  Panel on BP Oil Spill Calls for Tougher Oversight
  A White House panel probing BP's massive oil spill has called for an...
• Editor's Note
  Mitigation Consensus
  The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation recently brought together...
• Features
  North Carolina Insurers Seek Dwelling Rate Hike
  North Carolina insurers are looking to raise rates from 7 percent to...
• Features
  McPeak to Head Tennessee Commerce, Insurance
  Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has named insurance regulatory...
• Features
  Lower Collateral for 7 Reinsurers
  Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. has been approved to...
• Features
  Insurer Pays
  Tennessee has received reimbursement for last May's flooding that...
• Features
  Harleysville Turnaround
  Six years ago, Harleysville Group was in need of a big change. The...
• Features
  Florida Looking for Ways to Curb Sinkhole Losses
  Florida lawmakers are trying to address the cost of sinkhole claims,...
• Features
  Florida Commissioner McCarty Accused of Vendetta by Texas Insurer
  A Texas insurance company and its owner are suing Florida Insurance...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Claims Chief "I'm absolutely neutral. I'm not BP. I'm trying to run...
• Features
  Chinese Drywall Makers Won’t Compensate U.S. Homeowners
  The U.S. has failed to persuade Chinese makers of defective drywall...
• It Figures
  It Figures
  94% The number out of 100 property/casualty company CEOs surveyed by...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  Hub International, Farr Insurance Insurance broker Hub International...

National Coverage

• Features
  Underwriting, Expense Discipline Needed in 2011, Say P/C CEOs
  The property/casualty insurance industry turned a corner and will...
• Features
  Tech Risks to Watch in 2011
  The constant innovation indigenous to the technology industry may...
• New Markets
  My New Markets
  Gas Station Market Detail: Cal-Regent Insurance Services works with...
• Features
  Much State Regulatory Ado About Little
  Home State Taxation Under the NRRA As of July 21, 2011, the...
• Features
  Monoline Policies and the Art of Cross-Selling
  Why Cross-Selling Depends on the Initial Sale Everyone in insurance...
• Features
  Look Back Before Moving Forward
  5 Critical Areas to Review For many, 2010 was another tough year. A...
• Features
  Inferior Results Will Force Admitted Carriers Out of the E&S World, Eventually
  Turnaround May Not Happen Until 2012 The loss of market share in the...
• Features
  2010 Ends with a Bang
  Fourth Quarter Brings In Record M&A Activity Following a year of...
• Features
  Attorneys, Accountants Take New Paths, Encounter New Risks
  The work environment for professionals has been evolving rapidly over...

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