2006 Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets Directory, Vol. I

In this Issue

Features
Insurers happy Calif.motorcycle helmet
Earlier this month, legislation was introduced by Sen. Denise...
Features
SPECIAL REPORT: First Flood
Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs,...
Features
CALIF AUTO RATE REGULATIONS
ARE YOU REALLY HURT? Investigating Accident Fraud ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH...
Features
SPECIAL REPORT: Tips on minimizing flood damage
With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Bliss and Glennon Inc., a managing...
Features
Earlybird Forecast
Dr. Robert P. Hartwig Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on...
Features
Closer Look: Producer Liability
Keeping up with increasing liability as clients expand...
News Currents
News Currents
Colo. legislators to tackle auto insurance in 2006 session The 2006...
TOC
10 Garamendi proposed auto rate regs to cause rate hikes
12 Mercury Insurance CEO proposes voter initiative 12 Allstate units...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Flu hope, not hype
Does the world seem to be careening from one crisis to another, or is...
Fraud Roundup
Calif. Hands Down Convictionsfor Violating Contractor Licensing Laws
Fraud Roundup Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory...
News Currents
News Currents
Cooper & McCloskey buys Moore Special Risk Jim Moore, owner of Moore...
Features
Spotlight: CA More Drive Law
New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and "pocket bike"...
Features
Spotlight: From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes
By Susan McKenna Once you get over the fear...you find that people...
Features
GEICO reducing Colo. Auto rates
GEICO began reducing auto insurance rates for new policyholders in...
News Currents
News Currents
Hawaii recognized as first state to be tsunami and storm ready The...
News Currents
News Currents
Mercury Insurance Group CEO proposes voter initiative The head of...
Features
Insurance Helps Santa Fe Museums with Art Acquisitions
New Mexico's Museum of Fine Arts has acquired a 1923 Stuart Davis...
Features
Allstate units agree to coverage checks sought after Ariz. wildfire
Two Allstate Insurance units have agreed to implement new procedures...
News Currents
News Currents
Mercury Insurance Group CEO proposes voter initiative on auto reforms...
Features
CALIF AUTO RATE REGULATIONS
ARE YOU REALLY HURT? Investigating Accident Fraud ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH...
Features
Wash. Commissioner Kreidler wants fraud unitto investigate staged accidents
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants to create...
Features
Spotlight: Counseling Buyers
Multiline Productivity Poll: Agents play key role in understanding...
People & Places
People
Shelly Diegel has been elected chairman of the National Association...
Features
SPECIAL REPORT: First Flood
Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs,...
News Currents
News Currents
Wash. anti-fraud auto insurance bill wins committee approval In...
News Currents
News Currents
John Garamendi Garamendi's proposed auto rate regs will likely cause...
New Markets
New Markets
New Markets Nuts & Bolts: Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers...
Features
PCI opens Denver office to serve five western states
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has...
Features

During catastrophic times, the majority of respondents (52percent)...
News Currents
News Currents
Low-Cost Auto Insurance Expands to Six Calif. Counties Anew...
Features
SPECIAL REPORT: Post-flood tips
It's one thing to prepare for a disaster to mitigate damage, but what...
Features
Close Up: Which cars are safest
Ten 2006 passenger cars won praise from the insurance industry for...
Closing Quote
California insurance carriers spent the last part of December jumping through hoops to comply with the California Depart
Portable persistency discounts helped to encourage competitively...
Features
Case Law Watch
Topliff v. Chicago Insurance Co. (Wash. Court of Appeals, Nov. 15,...
Features
Gemstar sues insurer
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has sued an insurer, seeking to...
Newsbriefs
GEMSTAR SUES INSURER
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has sued an insurer, seeking to...
Features
Garamendi’s proposed auto rate regs will likely cause rate hikes
Insurers' estimates say 61 percent of California drivers could pay...
Features
Wash. anti-fraud auto insurance bill wins committee approval
In Olympia, Wash., a legislative committee amended and passed...
Newsbriefs
WASH. COMMISSIONER KREIDLER WANTS FRAUD UNIT TO INVESTIGATE STAGED ACCIDENTS
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants to create...
Newsbriefs
INSURERS HAPPY CALIF. MOTORCYLE HELMET LAW NOT WEAKENED
Earlier this month, legislation was introduced by Sen. Denise...
Features
Hawaii recognized as first state to be tsunami and storm ready
The National Weather Service has declared Hawaii the first state in...
Features
PCI opens Denver office to serve five western states
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has...
Features
Cooper & McCloskey buys Moore Special Risk
Jim Moore, owner of Moore Special Risk, has sold his wholesale...
Newsbriefs
LAWSUIT REVIVED AGAINST STAPLES CHAIN OVER INSURANCE CHARGES
A California appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit that claims...
Newsbriefs
ARIZ. SENATOR WANTS TO DENY FUNDS TO DRIVERS WHO LEAVE KEYS IN CAR
Glendale, Ariz., Republican Sen. Linda Gray is pushing legislation...
Features
Colo. legislators to tackle auto insurance in 2006 session
The 2006 legislative agenda for property/ casualty insurers in...
Features
Mercury Insurance Group CEO proposes voter initiative
The head of Mercury Insurance is trying to get an initiative on the...
Features
Insurance Helps Santa Fe Museums with Art Acquisitions
New Mexico's Museum of Fine Arts has acquired a 1923 Stuart Davis...
Features
Allstate units agree to coverage checks sought after Ariz. wildfire
Two Allstate Insurance units have agreed to implement new procedures...
Features
Spotlight: From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes
ABC-TV news anchor regarding concerns about other prison inmates in...
Features
SPECIAL REPORT: Tips on minimizing flood damage
With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest...
Features
Portable persistency discounts are good for consumers
Amid the confusion surrounding the elimination of portable...
Features
Low-Cost auto Insurance expands to six Calif. counties
A new California law will allow low-income residents in Alameda,...
Features
Insurance industry picks cars that protect on all sides
Winners of the Insurance Information Institute's gold award included...
Features
2006 already looking good for the property/casualty industry
Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005's underwriting...
Features
Benefits of multiline integration with one carrier
The cost of risk includes the price of the policy, as well as...
Features
Multiline Productivity Poll: Agents play key role in understanding risk
Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost...
New Markets
EPLI
Nuts & Bolts: Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers Inc. is...
New Markets
Technology Related Services
Nuts & Bolts: SIU LLC is offering new general liability and property...
New Markets
Garage Program
Nuts & Bolts: Yates & Associates Insurance Services is offering a new...
Features
Calif. puts more drive into new laws for residents hitting the road
New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and "pocket bike"...
Case Watch
Case Law Watch
Actions and Proceedings Topliff v. Chicago Insurance Co. (Wash. Court...
Features
Assessments Underway in Idaho
It's one thing to prepare for a disaster to mitigate damage, but what...
Features
Calif. Hands Down Convictions for Violating Contractor Licensing Laws
Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten reported...
Fraud Roundup
Nevada Court Cancels Construction
A multimillion-dollar construction defects award was erased by a...
People & Places
People & Places
Shelly Diegel has been elected chairman of the National Association...
Features
Significant rains has Californians sopping wet
Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs,...
Features
Keeping up with increasing liability as clients expand
Property/casualty insurance agents and brokers are being exposed to...
Newsbriefs
GEICO REDUCING COLO. AUTO RATES
GEICO began reducing auto insurance rates for new policyholders in...
Newsbriefs
ARIZONA DEPT. OF INSURANCE CHANGES PHONE NUMBERS
The Arizona Department of Insurance has changed its phone numbers....
Features
IRC: Insurance Fraud, Buildup Add Some $400M to Calif. Auto Injury
A recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study of auto injury...
Features
Benefits of multiline integration with one carrier
According to the Wausau Multiline Productivity Poll, 70 percent of...
Features
A seriously shaken reinsurance industry rebuilds
Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her...
Features
Enhanced IJ Broadcasting enlivens insurance news
Insurance Journal has launched IJ Broadcasting, an enhanced section...
Features
Personal lines looking fine, thanks to fewer accidents and price changes
The year 2005 is looking like it was a relatively good one with solid...
Features
Commercial lines carriers continue to impress; M&A activity up slightly
Stock Prices: Commercial lines stocks advanced for the second...
Features
Seven ways to benefit by trading with other agents
Some days it seems that you are in battle with every person who sells...
Features
New entrants join race for surplus lines share
XL, Rockhill and GMAC RE jockey for market share with established...
Features
Why independent agents like backyard brokers
In today's business world, it's rare to hear a live voice on the...
Features
Regulatory modernization tops industry’s legislative agenda for 2006
With the extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, passage of...
Editor's Note
Flu hope, not hype
Does the world seem to be careening from one crisis to another, or is...

National Coverage

Features
Connecticut
Welcome to Insurance Journal's 2006 National Directory of Excess,...
News Currents
News Currents
Regulatory modernization tops industry's legislative agenda for 2006...
Carrier Watch
Commercial lines carriers continue to impress; M&A activity up slightly
Stock Prices: Commercial lines stocks advanced for the second...
Features
Personal lines looking fine, thanks to fewer accidents and price changes
I.I.I. JOINT P/C FORUM: Outside Looking In - Left to right: V.J....
Features
Excess, Surplus & Specialty
Main Street E&S: Why independent agents like backyard brokers In...
Features
Reinsurance Outlook
Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her...
Features
CLOSER LOOK: Excess, Surplus & Specialty
XL, Rockhill and GMAC RE jockey for market share with established...
News Briefs
News Briefs
Aon's Political Risk Map shows an unsafe world U.S.-based companies...
Features
Technology Bits
Insurance Journal has launched IJ Broadcasting, an enhanced section...
Growing Your Property Casualty Agency
Growing Your Property Casualty Agency
When you encounter an account you can't competitively place, instead...