DOWNSIZED D & O

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Features
Idaho law would increase attorney’s awards
Idaho is considering a law that would increase the monetary threshold...
Features
California proposesdecrease in workers comp pure premium rates
The Workers' Compen- sation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
Features
Calif. court reinstates class action against lead paint makers
A state appeals court in San Jose, Calif. has reinstated a...
News Currents
News Currents
Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year Washington's...
Features
Managing Disasters
Totally ready or just terrorism ready? Is the nation's...
Features
Agency Advisor
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a continuing series of articles...
Closing Quote
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and...
Features
Report ranks the nation’s top most and least expensive automobiles to insure
Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com has released its second-annual report...
Features
Keys left in car? Arizona bill would allow insurance hit
News Currents The Arizona Senate wants to provide a financial...
Features
Sam Jones
People Sam Jones, president of property and casualty operations at...
News Currents
News Currents
Mississippi wind versus flood lawsuit remanded back to state court A...
News Briefs
News Briefs
Adams appointed to fill Arizona house vacancy Arizona's Maricopa...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Barger and Wolen Barger & Wolen LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm...
Features
Workers barred from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch due to insurance
Michael Jackson has been ordered to pay a $69,000 fine and remove 69...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Hurricane Fatigue
While homeowners and businesses can physically pickup the pieces...
Features
Closer Look: Insurance Associations
Editor's note: This is the first article in a series on Western...
Features
Case Law Watch
Bechtel Petroleum Operations Inc. v. The Continental Insurance...
Features
Small Business California finds employers concerned about workers’ comp
A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San...
Features
Risk Management Solutions predicts hurricane activity to increase losses by 40 percent
Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., expects increases in...
Features
Measuring Risk: Insurers’ day of reckoning arrives
"The ultimate objective is for an insurer is to use an ERM framework...
New Markets
New Markets
New Markets Management, Professional Liability Nuts & Bolts: National...
Features
CPCU
As California political race heats up for governor, lieutenant...
News Currents
News Currents
Utah names directors, adds market conduct division Utah Insurance...
News Currents
News Currents
Dam breaks on Kauai, strong winds, rain down 12 poles on Oahu An...
News Currents
News Currents
Oil pipe corrosion big threat as Alaska marks Exxon spill anniversary...
Features
Big players, like big tractor trailers, cannot get in and cover the territories that smaller, independent insurance ag
Non-Standard Auto Times Have Changed. Are you still driving this...
Features
New plan helps agents avoid residual market for workers’ comp risks
Agent and brokers accustomed to sending tough workers' compensation...
Currents
Fitch: Deterioration in profits for U.S. P/C sector
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will report...
Cover Story
Downsized D & O
It hasn't been healthy. In fact, the directors and officers liability...
Minding Your Business
Producer Compensation: What Should You Pay?
Compensation for any agency is always the largest expense category....
Newsbriefs
FLOOD-DAMAGED VEHICLES SURFACE ON USED CAR LOTS
An estimated 500,000 cars were damaged by hurricanes last year....
Editor's Note
Hurricane Fatigue
While homeowners and businesses can physically pickup the pieces...
Features
Times Have Changed. Are you still driving this business?
Can independent agents compete in the nonstandard auto market? The...
New Markets
New Markets
Management, Professional LiabilityNuts & Bolts: National Union Fire...
Features
The missing ingredient in new hire training
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a continuing series of articles...
Case Watch
Case Law Watch
Actions and ProceedingsBechtel Petroleum Operations Inc. v. The...
Currents
Idaho law would increase attorney’s awards
Idaho is considering a law that would increase the monetary threshold...
Currents
Mississippi wind versus flood lawsuit remanded back to state court
A Mississippi lawsuit that would force insurance companies to honor...
Features
Upcoming California elections make industry’s fate uncertain
As California political race heats up for governor, lieutenant...
Newsbriefs
ADAMS APPOINTED TO FILL ARIZONA HOUSE VACANCY
Arizona's Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has appointed Kirk...
Features
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and...
Currents
Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year
Washington's legislature wrapped up a short session in March,...
Currents
Risk Management Solutions predicts hurricane activity to increase losses by 40 percent
Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., expects increases in...
Newsbriefs
CALIFORNIA PROPOSES DECREASE IN WORKERS COMP PURE PREMIUM RATES
The Workers' Compen- sation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
Newsbriefs
PAIR CONVICTED IN CALIF. FOR WORKERS’ COMP INSURANCE FRAUD
Two suspects, Wade Peebles, 55, and Gigi Peebles, 41, have been...
Newsbriefs
HIRING, CONTEXT AND THE CANDIDATE
Good employees are key to your company's success. The first step in...
Currents
Workers barred from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch due to insurance
Michael Jackson has been ordered to pay a $69,000 fine and remove 69...
Newsbriefs
WHO TO CALL?
Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon,...
Currents
Oil pipe corrosion big threat as Alaska marks Exxon spill anniversary
Since the Exxon Valdez caused the worst oil spill in the nation's...
Features
Western insurance associations: How the West is run
Editor's note:This is the first article in a series on Western...
Currents
Keys left in car? Arizona bill would allow insurance hit
The Arizona Senate wants to provide a financial incentive for...
People & Places
People and Places
Sam Jones, president of property and casualty operations at ABD...
Newsbriefs
CALIF. COURT REINSTATES CLASS ACTION AGAINST LEAD PAINT MAKERS
A state appeals court in San Jose, Calif. has reinstated a...
Features
Measuring Risk: Insurers’ day of reckoning arrives
The threat of more natural disasters could make 2006 a watershed year...
Currents
Small Business California finds employers concerned about workers’ comp
A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San...
Currents
Report ranks the nation’s top most and least expensive automobiles to insure
Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com has released its second-annual report...
Currents
Utah names directors, adds market conduct division
Utah Insurance Commissioner Kent Michie has appointed two new...
Features
Totally ready or just terrorism ready?
Is the nation's terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan...
Currents
Dam breaks on Kauai, strong winds, rain down 12 poles on Oahu
An earthen dam on Hawaii's island of Kauai burst without warning on...
Features
When insurers play the ratings game
Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many...
Features
Officials hope ’06 quake centennial prompts more to get insurance
When San Francisco resident Charlie Bott got an offer in the mail...
Currents
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
A U.S. consumer group has made claims that Geico Corp. uses...
Currents
Katrina not enough to cause many homeowners to buy flood coverage
Despite Hurricane Katrina's devastation, a new survey says that most...
Currents
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
A U.S. consumer group has made claims that Geico Corp. uses...
Features
D&O liability premiums fall for second straight year, study says
Directors and officers liability insurance average premium continued...
Features
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators
For 317 years London's insurance market in general and Lloyd's in...
Features
When insurers play the ratings game
Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many...
Newsbriefs
STANDARD & POOR’S IMPLEMENTS NEW WAY TO ASSESS INSURERS’ CATASTROPHE RISK
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that its criteria for...
Currents
Zurich agents caught in compensation disclosure web
Independent agents representing Zurich Insurance in the U.S. will...
Features
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators
For 317 years London's insurance market in general and Lloyd's in...

National Coverage

Features
International
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators For 317...
Features
Katrina not enough to cause many homeowners to buy flood coverage
Despite Hurricane Katrina's devastation, a new survey says that most...
Features
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
News Currents A U.S. consumer group has made claims that Geico Corp....
Features
The pre-bindingdisclosure reveals the standard commission Zurich pays agents by type of policy and
outlines any contingency compensation arrangements. News Currents...
Features
Catastrophe bonds becoming a common alternative toreinsurance, S&P says
The insurance industry is turning more frequently to catastrophe...
Features
Spotlight: Catastrophic Coverage
Ruins of San Francisco's city hall after the earthquake and fire of...
Features
Closer Look: Workers’ Compensation
The savings varies by state and other factors but in 2005 the average...
Features
Financial Commentary
Do under-reserved property/casualty insurers deserve high ratings?...
Features
Flood-damaged vehicles surface on used car lots
An estimated 500,000 cars were damaged by hurricanes last year....
Features
Fitch: Deterioration in profits for U.S. P/C sector
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will report...
Minding Your Business
Producer compensation: What should you pay?
Compensation for an agency is always the largest expense category....