Features for March 2007

• Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
• Declarations
• Texas court backs Allstate homeowner rate reduction order
• Swiss Re sigma study details 2006 natural, man-made disasters
• Tank containers and the inland marine market
• Carpoolers in Conn. spared licensing
• It Figures
• More than just business
• The new world of Internet job applications affects employer’s liability
• Sarbanes-Oxley use in Conn. case worries corporate defense bar
• La. lawmakers support overhaul of Citizens Insurance Company
• A.M. Best says commercial P/C outlook stable
• As hedge fund industry matures, so do its liability risks
• Teen drinking – a survey
• The New Frontier
• Media professionals want to know: what’s fair use of copyrighted video?
• Jane Cline, West Virginia, Office of Insurance Commissioner
• Small London firm uses computer archive to help find stolen art
• Tank containers and the inland marine market
• 1,200 Miss. homes demolished
• Vanek promoted to CEO of NLASCO
• Media professionals want to know: what’s fair use of copyrighted video?
• Miss. agrees to $80 million wind pool relief plan
• Recent “opt-out” settlements challenge D&O severity, limits assumptions
• Wash.’s Gregoire declares “rate holiday”
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• Top 10 myths of D&O liability insurance
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• Miss. State Farm $50 million settlement falters
• Oregon amends rule on licensing; passes farmworkers bill
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• Teen drinking – South Central states
• John Morrison, Montana, Commissioner of Insurance
• Small London firm uses computer archive to help find stolen art
• Recent “opt-out” settlements challenge D&O severity, limits assumptions
• Bonus round
• The Commissioners: Jane Cline
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• UCLA study indicates most Calif. workers OK with workers’ comp care
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• Declarations
• Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
• The Commissioners: John Morrison
• Agents group and Texas PTA team up to fight teen drinking
• The new world of Internet job applications affects employer’s liability
• Top 10 myths of D&O liability insurance
• Firm has learned the art of tracking stolen masterpieces
• News Currents
• As hedge fund industry matures, so do its liability risks
• Understanding coverage gaps in farm/ranch policies
• Mo. Appeals Court upholds judgment against Scottie Pippen
• Stolen painting found in Spielberg’s home
• The Commissioners: Julie Mix McPeak
• Tim Wagner, Nebraska, Director of Insurance
• Colo. passes seat belt,motorcycle helmet bills
• Understanding coverage gaps in farm/ranch policies
• Julie Mix McPeak, Kentucky, Executive Director, Office of Insurance
• Understanding coverage gaps in farm/ranch policies
• Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
• Multistate natural disaster proposal garners mixed reaction
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• The Commissioners: Tim Wagner
• Industry needs to leverage enterprise risk management, study says
• The impact of contingent commissions on independent agencies
• Mass. health insurers agree on $175 a month plan under new law
• Insurance Journal’s Exclusive 2006 Agency Salary Survey
• Coverage or price? Package or mono-line?
• N.Y. City, other U.S. centers need federal terrorism insurance to compete globally, says Supt. Dinallo
• Fla. homeowners seek cover for permit fees
• Caribbean nations establish joint disaster insurance pool
• Where can the agricultural producer turn for economic relief?
• Plaintiffs: Md. court reinstatement of class action a breakthrough
• Judge Senter weighs binding arbitration in Miss. State Farm Katrina settlement
• The impact of contingent commissions on independent agencies
• What lies ahead for agency compensation? Agents could benefit from incentive pay plans replacing contigent income
• Beacon Mutual gets R.I. audit
• W. Va. court says doctors may self-insure
• More than half of adults could be in need of disability coverage
• Key New York workers compensation reform proposals
• Lessons learned from Katrina and beyond
• What lies ahead for agency compensation?
• Mayor Bloomberg joins call for TRIEA renewal
• Should D&O insurers have a loss prevention role?
• Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates
• Semi-Annual Premium Total Dividend Amount
• Chicago Exchange offering futures contracts on ’07 hurricanes
• Where can the agricultural producer turn for economic relief?
• State Farm announces $1.2 Billion mutual auto policyholder dividend
• Understanding coverage gaps in farm/ranch policies
• Insurance exec: China offers lessons in globalization for U.S. and world
• Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
• Former Okla. insurance commissioner jailed
• Closer Look: Agency Technology
• Identity theft advice from the Federal Trade Commission
• Lindeen to runfor Mont. State Auditor
• Fitch looks at effects of reinsurance proposal
• FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims
• New producer must have ‘skin in the game’ on the first day on the job
• Protecting customer data under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

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