October 19, 2009
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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In this Issue

• Features
  California Workers’ Comp Increase Questioned
  California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is indicating that he...
• Features
  States and Cell Phone Driving Laws
  A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cell...
• Features
  Allstate Agents Challenge IRS Over Independent Contractor Status
  The National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) has...
• Features
  Private Insurers Avoiding Washington Area Army Corps Says Will Flood Soon
  Insurance brokers say private insurers won't sell flood insurance in...
• Features
  Pressure Builds for More States to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
  The Obama administration reported that nearly 6,000 people were...
• Features
  California Jury Orders First-Ever Wildfire Environmental Damages
  A Los Angeles jury recently ordered two construction companies to...
• Features
  California Wildfires Raise Landslide Risk
  Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and...
• It Figures
  It Figures
  10 The number of states now reporting an international mail fraud...
• Features
  Police Have Doubts About California Art Theft Claim Scenario
  Two men who claim thieves broke into their rental home in the ritzy...
• Features
  This Article Will Self-Destruct
  Computers have made it virtually impossible to leave the past behind....
• Editor's Note
  Thrifty Benefits
  The recession has changed the money habits of Americans. Spending is...
• Features
  Strong Earthquakes Abroad Could Weaken Geologic Faults in U.S.
  Powerful earthquakes may be a trigger for weakening geologic faults a...
• People & Places
  People
  Brian Duperreault, president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.,...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Mud Flows After Fires "After the smoke has cleared from any wildfire,...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  MeyersDining, CBIZ Cleveland, Ohio-based employee benefits and...

National Coverage

• Features
  Employers Plan Big Changes for Benefit Plans for Next Year
  As employees flip through their open enrollment packets, they may...
• Features
  Commercial Buyers Remain Winners In Current Insurance Market
  Insurance markets are in a relative state of calm and commercial...
• Features
  Some Mutual Insurers May Need Partners to Grow
  The world's mutual insurance companies are well placed to continue to...
• Features
  Recession Slows But Doesn’t Halt Brokerage Consolidation: Advisen
  Size still matters, reminds a new report on the insurance brokerage...
• Features
  Customers Happier with Homeowners Insurers
  For the first time in five years, customers are significantly happier...
• Features
  Insurance Brokerage M&A Took a 3rd Quarter Vacation
  Deal making wasn't at the top of the list of summer activities this...
• Features
  Agencies’ Overall Growth Down But Personal Lines Up
  The bad news is that overall organic growth for independent insurance...

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