January 25, 2010
Insurance Journal Midwest Magazine

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In this Issue

• Features
  3 Midwest States Recover Nearly $39M for Insurance Consumers
  Missouri, Kansas and Michigan collectively recovered nearly $39...
• Features
  Auto Insurance Key to Michigan State Senator’s Gubernatorial Bid
  State Sen. Hansen Clarke has jumped into the Michigan governor's race...
• People & Places
  People
  Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer...
• Editor's Note
  Becoming Chris Boggs
  In October 2008, my colleague and friend, Christopher J. Boggs,...
• Features
  Report: Counties with Levees Are Among the Nation’s Most Economically Sound
  Flooding Costs Are Outweighed by Regional Economic Benefits There are...
• It Figures
  It Figures
  $838,000 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office assessed...
• Features
  Declarations
  No Effective Legal Means "We had no effective legal means to step in...

National Coverage

• Fraud Roundup
  Insurance Fraud Rises as State Bureaus’ Budgets Fall
  State insurance fraud fighting bureaus are seeing a significant spike...
• Features
  A.M. Best Reports Reinsurers See Orderly, But Soft, January Renewals
  January renewals showed signs of softening as reinsurers benefited...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Little Property Coverage "Haiti is the poorest country in the Western...
• Features
  New York Sees Promise in Own London-Like Market
  But Skeptics Question Timing for Revival of U.S. Insurance Exchange A...
• Features
  Insurers to Curb Agency Compensation in 2010, Ward Group Study Finds
  Total property/casualty insurance agency compensation is expected to...
• Features
  Why Carriers Invest in Education
  Carriers Say Benefits in Producer Sales Education Well Worth the...
• Features
  Economic Downturn Puts Pressure on Return-to-Work Programs
  The recent recession and record unemployment rates have increased...
• Features
  How Rising Capital Gain Tax Rates Might Impact Tomorrow’s M&A Market
  Agencies Contemplating Selling Soon Should Understand Their...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
• Features
  Insurance Journal Founder, Publisher Enter Insurance Hall of Fame
  The Insurance Media Association named Insurance Journal's Founder...
• Features
  How Small Group Partnerships Help Agencies to Grow Employee Benefits Revenue
  Gibson Insurance Group, Bolton & Co. Tell Their Tales of Growth...
• Features
  Tragedy in Haiti; XL Moves to Ireland; NYC Exchange Doesn’t Worry London; WEF Prepares for Davos
  The tragedy in Haiti is a reminder of how fragile life can be in...
• Features
  Geithner Denies Role in Hiding AIG Payments to Banks
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said this month the bailout...
• Closing Quote
  5 Issues Agents Should Watch in 2010
  With insurance agents across the nation breathing a sigh of relief...
• Features
  You Have Nothing to Sell But Fear Itself
  Promoting Fear and Insurance in Troubled Times What do P/C producers...
• Features
  SEC Order Keeps Some AIG Bailout Terms Sealed Until 2018
  It could take until November 2018 to get the full story behind the...

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