6 Pennsylvania: Wall Street West?

State makes pitch to be Wall Street’s

backup location

6 Making Hartford shine again

Conn. sees talent pool giving it edge in

competition for insurance jobs

8 Mass. weighs jail time for workplace safety violators

State may also require regular inspections

of sites with scaffolding

8 N.J. helps homes with storage tanks

Program expands to assist homeowners

with costs of underground tank removal

8 R.I. candidates spar

Debate touches on Beacon Mutual

N1 Banks’ insurance revenues,

insurance brokerage fees up

Brokerage fees rose more than 23 percent

N1 Supreme Court to hear credit scoring Court agrees to one hour of oral arguments

N2 Insurance charity foundation opens in N.Y.

Group plans national expansion; gets major support from AIG

N2 Hurricane risk reduces HO insurer profit

Rate hikes not sufficient for return on equity

N3 P/C insurers’ profitability drops

Net income for first half of 2006 fell 9.6%

43 Insurance takes back seat in race for Mass. governor

Healy touts auto reform; Patrick workers’

compensation fraud

MARKET FEATURES

N6 Closer Look: Homeowners

Poor stepchild HO market about to

smarten up

N8 Closer Look: Homeowners

Pricing plays catch-up in evolving market

N10 SPECIAL REPORT: Hospitality Risks

Why hotels, restaurants should welcome

coverage for disability compliance

N13 Spotlight: Group Benefits

Benefits offer an easy way to expand buisness

N17 Exclusive: Hospitality Risks Directory

IDEA EXCHANGE

N15 Growing Your Property Casualty Agency

Market your business skills to clients, prospects

N16 Brokerage Watch

HRH, Hub stock prices soar; B&B grows wholesale premium to $1 billion

50 Why agents oppose contingency

commission settlements

PIA National’s Brevik on the protecting agents

DEPARTMENTS

10 People

46 Business Moves

47 New Markets

50 Closing Quote

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