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Excess, Surplus & Specialty

Main Street E&S: Why independent agents like backyard brokers In today’s business world, it’s rare to hear a live voice...

WAL-MART WHACKED

AGENTS’ EXPANDING LIABILITY ‘One-stop’ shop warnings HOW TO FIX N.Y. WORKERS COMP Agents outline their solution

Technology Bits

Insurance Journal has launched IJ Broadcasting, an enhanced section on its Web site for multimedia content that will include video...

Aging baby boomers will mean more

rehabilitation centers. E&S market ready for some uncertainty Some price hardening possible due to hurricanes; new opportunities seen in housing...

Business Moves

Bollinger, MLW Services Bollinger Inc. has acquired MLW Services Inc. of New York. The principals of MLW, Andrew Marks, president...

News Currents

From New England to Virginia, courts and juries made insurance headlines Up and down the East coast, much of the...

News Briefs

N.Y. shuts comp trusts Two of New York’s 70 workers compensation self-insurance trusts are being shut down by state officials....

Excess, Surplus & Specialty

Speculations for surplus lines market in 2006 Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can...

People

Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, recently was named to IDG’s...