January 29, 2001
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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2001 Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets Directory, Vol. I

In this Issue

• Features
  How Banks are Getting Into the Insurance Groove
  In the race to capture an increasing sharing of the consumer's...
• Cover Story
  How Do You Plan to Use the Surplus Line Market in 2001′ Readers Respond
  In the Sept. 4, 2000, issue of Insurance Journal we ran a one-page...
• Features
  NIA Creates a Network of Success for Smaller Premium-Volume Agents
  Big things are happening up in little Grass Valley, Calif. A...
• Features
  Assessing the Signs and Strategies for Hitting the Niche Target
  To specialize or not to specialize, that is the question. The answer...
• Parting Shots
  Good, Bad Vibes from Industry Leaders
  If you weren't able to attend the recent Property/Casualty Joint...
• Features
  Ex-Quackenbush Deputy Makes Plea Agreement in CDI Probe
  George Elliot Grays, a former senior aide to erstwhile California...
• Features
  Reliance Continues Runoff, Can’t Block Icahn
  Even as Bristol West Insurance Group was planning to purchase two...
• Features
  Concorde May Fly Again, Despite Multiplying Lawsuits
  Last summer's tragic Concorde crash continues to produce heartache as...
• Editor's Note
  United we stand’
  The power struggle between the folks over at OSHA and the insurance...
• Newsbriefs
  W/C BILL UNVEILED
  On Jan. 9, Senator John Burton (D-San Francisco) introduced and read...
• Newsbriefs
  OK TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY
  A new law that allows Californians to apologize at the scene of an...
• Newsbriefs
  CITIGROUP A ‘BRIGHT SPOT’
  With earning season here, Morningstar.com presented the view of its...
• Newsbriefs
  NORTHRIDGE ANNIVERSARY
  On Jan. 17, exactly seven years ago to the day, America experienced...
• Newsbriefs
  BLANCH’S AHLMANN TO RESIGN
  E.W. Blanch Vice Chairman Kaj Ahlmann has said he will step down at...
• Newsbriefs
  GETTING CONTROVERSIAL
  The California Court of Appeal has requested that the National...
• Newsbriefs
  WHO SAYS FREMONT’S A FAILURE’
  A newsbrief entitled "Failures on the Rise" that appeared in the Jan....
• Newsbriefs
  FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR THE CEA
  As the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) continues its strategic...
• Newsbriefs
  TRANSAMERICA NAMES EXECS
  Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group (TIIG) named five insurance...
• Newsbriefs
  QUOTE, RATE AND ISSUE ONLINE
  Travelers launched a new Internet-technology-based automation system...
• Newsbriefs
  WASHINGTON’S TO IRON OUT KINKS
  Newly elected Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants...
• Features
  CIWA Starts Off the New Year with a Successful Conference
  The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) held its 6th...
• Features
  Online CE Courses are Changing the Ways Agents Get Educated
  Sadly, this is the mindset of many agents when it comes to continuing...