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In this Issue

Features
State liquor store, homeowner blamed in N.H. drunk driving death
The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash...
Features
Spitzer taps investigator Dinallo to be N.Y. insurance chief
Incoming New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will nominate Eric Dinallo, a...
Features
Insurers, agents worry Conn. coastal rules could make matters worse
News Currents Insurers aren't happy and agents are worried about new...
Features
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin...
Features
Top 10 Stories of the Year – East
From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners...
Features
Allstate: no new risksin Conn., N.J. and Del.
Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane...
People & Places
People
Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Features
Flooded Maine family blames faulty federal maps
A family devastated by the Mother's Day flood that inundated their...
Business Moves
Business Moves
National Atlantic, Commerce Group National Atlantic Holdings Corp....
Declarations
Declarations
Tort reform impact "It's difficult to say whether tort reform...
Closing Quote
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the...
News Currents
News Currents
Mass. closes in on long-awaited transition to auto assigned risk plan...
Features
Top 10 Stories of 2006
1. Unsettling Deals on Agent Compensation Agents battle to save...
Features
Mass. auto rates cut 11.7%
As expected, auto insurance rates in Massachusetts will be going down...
News Currents
News Currents
Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Down to mirth
Insurance is a serous business. It's not easy finding humor in the...
News Currents
News Currents
NFL Steeler Webster's estate awarded disability benefits The estate...
It Figures
Figures
8% The drop in premiums sought by the largest medical malpractice...
Features
TOP 10 STORIES
38 New era in arson investigations 33 Mass. risk transfer: will Gov....
Currents
How to hold your ground against the Internet marketers
Just because some individuals purchase policies over the Internet...
Features
Professional liability in a financial world
Terrorism, corporate scandals and regulation make way for...
Currents
Impact of Enron on directors and officers insurance
Perceived risk drives the market for directors and officers liability...
Features
2006: a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes
JANUARY Hallmark Aquires Aerospace Holdings Fort Worth, Texas-based...
Features
TRANSACTION BOOM … AND BUSTS OF THE PAST YEAR
The year 2006 was a boom year for mergers and acquisitions within the...
Features
Changing Reinsurance Rules
In March, Lloyd's Chairman Lord Peter Levene finally got the...
Features
Climate change, reinsurance and Lloyd’s made worldwide headlines in 2006
Climate change or global warming is the 800-pound gorilla in the...
Currents
October, November see 29 M&As; stock prices continue to vary
Stock Prices: Stock prices have varied year-to-date among brokers....
Features
Lloyd’s Insurers Boost U.S. Presence
They've long had the expertise. Now they have the money and the...
Features
Reinsurers Enjoy the Sunshine
Except for claims adjusters, 2005 was a disastrous year for the...
Features
2006: Agents fight to keep their pay and insurers wise up to the future
The fight to save contingent commissions topped the minds of agents...
Features
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents'...
Features
New Markets Report
New insurance products seemed to be in great supply in 2006 as the...
Editor's Note
Down to mirth
Insurance is a serous business. It's not easy finding humor in the...
Currents
Flooded Maine family blames faulty federal maps
A family devastated by the Mother's Day flood that inundated their...
Currents
NFL Steeler Webster’s estate awarded disability benefits
The estate of NFL Hall of Fame center Mike Webster is entitled to...
Currents
State liquor store, homeowner blamed in N.H. drunk driving death
The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash...
Currents
Declarations
Tort reform impact "It's difficult to say whether tort reform...
Currents
It Figures
8% The drop in premiums sought by the largest medical malpractice...
Newsbriefs
ALLSTATE: NO NEW RISKS IN CONN., N.J. AND DEL.
Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane...
Currents
Insurers, agents worry Conn. coastal rules could make matters worse
Insurers aren't happy and agents are worried about new restrictions...
Newsbriefs
MASS. AUTO RATES CUT 11.7%
As expected, auto insurance rates in Massachusetts will be going down...
Currents
Mass. closes in on long-awaited transition to auto assigned risk plan
Final rules have been issued but will the new administration of...
Currents
Spitzer taps investigator Dinallo to be N.Y. insurance chief
Incoming New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will nominate Eric Dinallo, a...
Features
2006: Mother Nature and political deals made 2006 an unsettling year
From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners...
People & Places
People and places
Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Features
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many...
Currents
Arson convictions now being questioned
A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert...
Currents
Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies
Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance...
Closing Quote
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
At various points in history -- the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s,...

National Coverage

Features
2006: a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes
The year 2006 was a boom year for mergers and acquisitions within the...
Features
Top Stories of the Year – International
1. Climate Change Facts Multiply Climate change or global warming is...
Features
2006:a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes
JANUARY Hallmark Acquires Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial...
Features
4. Lloyd’s Insurers Boost U.S. Presence
They've long had the expertise. Now they have the money and the...
Features
3. Reinsurers Enjoy the Sunshine
Except for claims adjusters, 2005 was a disastrous year for the...
Features
October, November see 29 M&As; stock prices continue to vary
Stock Prices: Stock prices have varied year-to-date among brokers....
Features
2006 New Markets Report
E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents' E&O...
Features
2006 New Markets Report
New insurance products seemed to be in great supply in 2006 as the...
Features
Professional liability in a financial world
What professional liability exposures do financial institutions face...
Features
Top 10 Stories of the Year – National
The fight to save contingent commissions topped the minds of agents...
Features
Top Stories of the Year – International
2. Changing Reinsurance Rules In March, Lloyd's Chairman Lord Peter...
Growing Your Property Casualty Agency
How to hold your ground against the Internet marketers
Just because some individuals purchase policies over the Internet...