January 27, 2020 Excess, Surplus & Specialty Markets Directory, Volume I

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In this Issue

• Features
  California Sleep Apnea Company Pays $37.5M to Settle Kickback Lawsuits
  ResMed, a San Diego, Calif.-based company that sells sleep apnea...
• Features
  Colorado Couple Will Get $50K After Dog Housing Lawsuit
  The U.S. attorney's office has ordered a Colorado homeowner's...
• Features
  7 Confirmed Tornadoes in Phoenix Metro Area Last Year
  The National Weather Service reports there were seven confirmed...
• Features
  California Insurance Wholesalers Look at Gig Economy Law
  A sweeping California gig economy law was the focus of a lot of the...
• Features
  CIWA Conference Hit on Array of Topics
  California has a big year of issues ahead, including passing a...
• Features
  What About Your Exposure?
  As an insurance agent or broker, you have, above all else, a singular...

National Coverage

• Features
  Recreational Cannabis Impairs Driving Even When Driver Not High: Harvard Research
  Recreational cannabis use affects driving ability even when drivers...
• Features
  How Parametric Insurance Can Help Fill the Gap Where Traditional Insurance Falls Short
  Although parametric solutions have been generally available since the...
• Features
  New Year’s Resolution: Helping Policyholders Get in Shape for the New Year
  As individuals, one way that we resolve to get in shape for the new...
• Features
  Why Traditional Independent Agents, Carriers Need to Partner and Align Now More Than Ever
  Agencies and carriers need to align now more than ever. I will add a...
• Features
  The Battle Over Agency Data
  New regulations, insurer pressure and growing consumer alarm about...
• Features
  Compensation Is Your Agency’s #1 Recruiting Tool
  Employers find it difficult to hear that the entire kit and kaboodle...
• Features
  Logic & Language, Forms & Facts: The Unimpeachable Case of the Word ‘Are’
  Last year, I wrote a 12-part series of Insurance Journal columns...
• New Markets
  My New Markets
  Jewish Community Center Market Detail: The Redwoods Group...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  National Bold Penguin, xagent Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  New Gig Law "California cannot simply eliminate that business model...
• Features
  3 Ways to Build a Culture that Embraces New Thinking
  The same advice is given to all newer generations entering the...