Nonprofits; Errors & Omissions; Garage & Repair; 2015 Mergers & Acquisitions Report

In this Issue

Features
Texas Stamping Office: U.S. Surplus Lines Growth Continued in 2015
Collectively, the surplus lines insurance service/stamping offices...
Features
Texas Supreme Court: Loss-of-Use Damages Allowed in Total Loss Cases
Are loss-of-use damages, such as lost profits, allowed in Texas when...
Features
Dozens of Dangerous Chemical Plants Operate near Public Centers in Texas: Report
Dozens of Texas plants similar to a fertilizer facility that exploded...
Features
Louisiana Sees Big Growth in Health Care, Education Employment
Employment in education and health services grew by 2,400 jobs in...
People & Places
People – South Central
Specialist (re)insurer, Lloyd's, appointed Dr. Enya He as regional...
Features
Special Purpose Captive Insurer OK’d in Arkansas
Diamond Risk Insurance LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baptist...
Features
$1.4M from Oklahoma’s Emergency Fund Tapped for Earthquake Research
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin approved the use of nearly $1.4 million...
Features
Additional $5.1M Recovered for Louisiana Insurance Policyholders in 2015
The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced that in 2015 an...
Features
Texas Led Nation in Cat Losses in 2015
Tornadoes, hailstorms and fires took their toll on Texas last year...

National Coverage

Features
10 Trends in U.S. Casualty Markets in 2016: Marsh
The sharing economy, expanded litigation, surplus capital, custom...
Features
P/C Retail, Wholesale Agency M&A Activity Brisk in 2015
When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150...
Features
10 Things to Know About Garage & Repair
For service-type operations under a garage liability policy, the...
New Markets
My New Markets
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Editor's Note
Automating Insurance Jobs
Automation could leave up to 25 percent of the insurance industry's...
Features
Brands & Independent Insurance Agencies
Much has been discussed and considerable investments have been made...
Features
From ACE to XL, 2015 Was a Year of Major Insurance Carrier M&As
Signs that 2015 would be an active year for property/casualty mergers...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Aspen, AgriLogic Specialty insurer Aspen Insurance has acquired...
Declarations
Declarations
Zero Tolerance "This is a zero tolerance state when it comes to...
Closing Quote
Listen to Your Customers, and Win
For decades, the competitors of independent insurance agents have...
Features
Then and Now in the Nonprofit Market
The nonprofit sector is not what it used to be. This critical sector...
Features
Record Western Wildfires a Contrast in Otherwise Quiet Year for U.S. Natural Disasters
It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for...
Cover Story
Ghost of 2008 Crash Still Haunts Real Estate E&O
The ghost of the 2008 financial collapse still haunts the liability...