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In this Issue

News Currents
News Currents
Calif. State Bar considers mandatory malpractice insurance disclosure...
Features
Insurance company services adult Americans deem to be most important
Insurance company services deemed most important by adults ages 18-24...
News Currents
News Currents
Oregon seeking comments on insurer assessments Oregon's Department of...
Features

10 The maximum number of hours in a row truckers will be able to...
Closing Quote
Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance
You've just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major...
Features
Calif. launches online system for agency licensing
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced that...
Features
Insurance referendum appears headed for Washington ballot
In its latest attempt to block a Washington regulation that insurers...
Features
Consumer group says FTC report proves credit scoring costs minorities
A national consumer group stepped up its criticism of a recent...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Safeco Seattle-based Safeco has expanded its sales organization from...
Features
Are lower securities lawsuit filing levels temporary or permanent?
There are a number of reasons to be skeptical, based on limited data,...
Features
State laws vary, but principles stay the same
Few things help to build trust between insurance agents and their...
Features
More on scores
Declarations "The growing use of credit-based insurance scores...
Features
In the oil and gas sector, all policies are not the same
In previous articles on this subject I have preached the virtues of...
News Currents
News Currents
Court rules liability waiver invalid when there is gross negligence...
Features
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years,...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Credit score concern
Debate on insurers' use of credit scores in automobile underwriting...
Features
More Americans seek auto coverage via Internet
Americans automobile insurance habits are changing, with more adults...
Features
Task force to investigate former SCIF employees
Three California agencies have formed a task force to investigate the...
New Markets
My New Markets
Phone Indications on EPLI Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency...
Features
People
The Main Street America Group named Gregg Effner assistant vice...
Editor's Note
Credit score concern
Debate on insurers' use of credit scores in automobile underwriting...
Currents
Court rules liability waiver invalid when there is gross negligence
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a signed liability waiver...
Currents
Calif. State Bar considers mandatory malpractice insurance disclosure
The California State Bar is considering whether lawyers in the Golden...
People & Places
People and Places
The Main Street America Group named Gregg Effner assistant vice...
New Markets
My New Markets
Phone Indications on EPLI Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency...
Features
Consumer group says FTC report proves credit scoring costs minorities
A national consumer group stepped up its criticism of a recent...
Features
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years,...
Features
In the oil and gas sector, all policies are not the same
Make sure the coverages in the O&G contract are the ones your client...
Features
More Americans seek auto coverage via Internet
Yet study shows access to agents still valued when purchasing...
Idea Exchange
Are lower securities lawsuit filing levels temporary or permanent?
In early July, Stanford University Law School Class Action...
Legal Beat
State laws vary, but principles stay the same
Few things help to build trust between insurance agents and their...
Closing Quote
Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance
You've just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major...
Newsbriefs
CALIF. LAUNCHES ONLINE SYSTEM FOR AGENCY LICENSING
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced that...
Currents
Insurance referendum appears headed for Washington ballot
In its latest attempt to block a Washington regulation that insurers...
Currents
Oregon seeking comments on insurer assessments
Oregon's Department of Consumer and Business Services is seeking...
Declarations
Declarations
More on scores "The growing use of credit-based insurance scores...
It Figures
It Figures
10 The maximum number of hours in a row truckers will be able to...
Currents
Task force to investigate former SCIF employees
Three California agencies have formed a task force to investigate the...
Features
Agents capitalize on soft market opportunities when buying E&O
Jim Armitage of California and Jonathan Geib of Tennessee are among...
Currents
The Hartford settlement ends agents’ contingent commissions
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced it has reached a...
Features
Commercial lines insights of top agencies
While much of the talk about the current commercial and professional...
Features
Taxicab market: limousines’ ugly stepsister?
Specialized taxicab market may not be glamorous, but can be as good...
Features
Commercial clients should know who’s behind the wheel
Every insurance agent dreads the call from a business owner reporting...
Minding Your Business
Working ‘on’ instead of ‘in’ your business
At a recent event in Aspen, Colo., Michael Gerber, the author of "The...
Currents
House panel votes to add wind to flood program
Private insurance companies are balking at a decision by a key House...
Currents
Agents say ‘no’ or nothing to adding wind coverage in flood program
Some independent insurance agents are taking a "neutral" position...
Newsbriefs
COMMERCIAL P/C PRICES STILL DROPPING, RISK MANAGER SURVEY FINDS
Commercial insurance premiums continued to decline during the second...
Cover Story
Agents Errors & Omissions
If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go...

National Coverage

News Briefs
News Briefs
Commercial P/C prices still dropping, risk manager survey finds...
Features
Commercial clients should know who’s behind the wheel
Every insurance agent dreads the call from a business owner reporting...
Features
CORRECTION:
In the July 23, 2007 issue, Insurance Journal, listed incorrect dates...
Features
Taxicab market: limousines’ ugly stepsister?
As an agent you may receive a request to provide insurance for a...
Features
Commercial Lines Leaders
About the Commercial Lines Leaders: The Commercial Lines Leaders in...
Features
Agents in E&O Buyer’s Seat
If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go...
News Currents
News Currents
Agents say 'no' or nothing to adding wind coverage in flood program...
News Currents
The Hartford settlement with attorneys general ends agents’ contingent
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced it has reached a...
Features
Commercial lines insights of top agencies
While much of the talk about the current commercial and professional...
News Currents
News Currents
House panel votes to add wind to flood program Private insurance...
Minding Your Business
Working ‘on’ instead of ‘in’ your business
At a recent event in Aspen, Colo., Michael Gerber, the author of "The...