Construction Markets

In this Issue

Features
Michgan commissioner extends time for motorists to sue
Michigan's Insurance Commissioner Linda Watters is prohibiting auto...
Features
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles offering...
Fraud Roundup
Former Kansas City cop pleads guilty in insurance fraud scheme
Todd Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,...
Features
Former insurance mogul’s firm fined $1.4 million
The brokerage firm from which a former insurance mogul siphoned...
Features
Insurers to support legislative study on auto theft
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies based in...
Features
Roundabouts turning intersections into circular drives
Backed up at an intersection? Wary of those tough left-hand turns...
Features

Jordan B. Lotsoff recently joined Integro as principal in the...
Closing Quote
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Features
Despite concerns, new study shows no shift in Midwest faults
The earth under the New Madrid Seismic Zone either isn't shifting or...
Features
Illinois governor pushes plan to help uninsured kids
After signing a state law offering low-cost medical coverage for most...
Features
Settlement proposed in class action against ChoicePoint
Insurance agents and agencies who provided personal information...
Features
Pilot error a factor in Midway Airport crash
After deciding it was safe to land in a snowstorm, the pilots of...
New Markets
New Markets
Fire and Water Restoration Plus Pollution and Mold Liability for...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Oswald Companies, J.A. Ice & Assoc. The Cleveland-based Oswald...
Features
Mich. AG warns consumers about dangers of buying flood damaged vehicles
Michigan's Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers about the...
Features
Milwaukee CPCU Society schedules leadership courses
The CPCU Society and the Society'sGreater Milwaukee Chapter will host...
Editor's Note
Making those New Year’s resolutions …
We all know that the New Year provides a great opportunity to commit...
Features
Despite concerns, new study shows no shift in Midwest faults
The earth under the New Madrid Seismic Zone either isn't shifting or...
Newsbriefs
MILWAUKEE CPCU SOCIETY SCHEDULES LEADERSHIP COURSES
The CPCU Society and the Society'sGreater Milwaukee Chapter will host...
Features
Pilot error a factor in Midway Airport crash
After deciding it was safe to land in a snowstorm, the pilots of...
Features
Former insurance mogul’s firm fined $1.4 million
The brokerage firm from which a former insurance mogul siphoned...
Newsbriefs
SETTLEMENT PROPOSED IN CLASS ACTION AGAINST CHOICEPOINT
Insurance agents and agencies who provided personal information...
Features
Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers
With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the...
Newsbriefs
MICH. AG WARNS CONSUMERS ABOUT DANGERS OF BUYING FLOOD DAMAGED VEHICLES
Michigan's Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers about the...
People & Places
People & Places
Jordan B. Lotsoff Jordan B. Lotsoff recently joined Integro as...
Newsbriefs
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PUSHES PLAN TO HELP UNINSURED KIDS
After signing a state law offering low-cost medical coverage for most...
Fraud Roundup
Former Kansas City cop pleads guilty in insurance fraud scheme
Todd Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,...
Fraud Roundup
Ohio governor’s ethics conviction listed top story in 2005
Governor Bob Taft's lowest point, a conviction on ethics charges,...
Fraud Roundup
Healthcare fraud is a family affair
A Des Moines doctor and his brother are accused of health care fraud...
Features
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles offering...
New Markets
Fire and Water Restoration Plus Pollution and Mold Liability for Contractors
Nuts & Bolts: Bonding and Insurance Specialists Agency is offering...
New Markets
Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice
Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services' miscellaneous medical...
New Markets
Small Business Package
Nuts & Bolts: CNA introduced CNA Connect for small business customers...
New Markets
Workers’ Comp
Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new...
New Markets
Community Banks, Lawyers
Nuts & Bolts: OneBeacon Insurance Group in Boston, a subsidiary of...
New Markets
EPLI
Nuts & Bolts: Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers Inc. is...
Newsbriefs
MICHGAN COMMISSIONER EXTENDS TIME FOR MOTORISTS TO SUE
Michigan's Insurance Commissioner Linda Watters is prohibiting auto...
Features
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Newsbriefs
INSURERS TO SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE STUDY ON AUTO THEFT
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies based in...
Features
Roundabouts turning intersections into circular drives
Backed up at an intersection? Wary of those tough left-hand turns...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note
Making those New Year's resolutions ... We all know that the New Year...
Features
Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006
Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $511 billion...
Features
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as...
Features
Sizing Up The Construction Market
The list of insurers is hsorter and restrictions longer When he is...
Features
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in...
Features
Constructive advice
Producers in construction offer advice for producers breaking in...
Features
Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends
The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends:...
Features
Risk management strategies before, during and after construction
The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that...
Features
Building up construction insurance, block by block
Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well...
Features
2006: The year when changes take hold
This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year...

National Coverage

Features
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in...
Features
Restaurants put risk management on the menu
The restaurant marketplace is becoming more complex than ever with...
Features
New federal terrorism reinsurance differs from original in key
Right before going home for the holidays, Congress reconciled...
Features
Study: carpal tunnel not caused by computer use
A new report from Harvard Medical School refutes the common...
Features
By Don Neff
The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that...
Features
2005 P/C industry in a word: Resilience
The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of...
Features
Effect of Navy shipbuilder payments on insurance questioned
A Navy plan to pay Gulf Coast shipbuilders about $1.7 billion for...
Features

Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006 Restaurant industry...
Features
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as...
Features
By Andrew G. Simpson
Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well...
Features
Lots of stability
When he is presented with a construction account at his office on...
Features
Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends
The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends:...
Features
Millions of families have wrong insurance coverage
At least 32 million U.S. households own insurance policies that...
Features
2006 construction forecast: sunny
Construction executives overall are more cautious than in the recent...
Minding Your Business
2006: The year when changes take hold
This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year...