Contractors/Subcontractors; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; 2007 Meetings & Conventions Directory

In this Issue

Features
Case Law Watch
Cancellation and Nonrenewal John Gibson Auto Sales Inc. v. Direct...
News Currents
News Currents
Miss. AG's Katrina case moved to state courts A federal judge agreed...
Features
28.5 million holiday party hosts likely underinsured, study says
Most of the 28.5 million Americans hosting parties between...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Ohio State Automobile Mutual, Beacon Insurance Group Ohio-based State...
Features
La. judge: Insurers liable for water
Even though a homeowner's insurance policy said floods were not...
Features
It Figures
$20 billion The federal flood insurance program may be going broke...
Features
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin...
TOC
10 La. judge says water may be covered
Ruling against La. Citizens could affect more insurers 10 Survey says...
Features
Declarations
Lawsuit reform revisited "While I am still reviewing [the] ruling, my...
New Markets
New Markets
Real Estate Agents and Brokers E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Credit scoring an issue in 2007
Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the...
Features
Dissecting a claims made policy
You've heard the phrase: "If I could predict the future, I would be...
Features
Ark. starts insurance plan for low-income workers
Enrollment began Dec. 20, 2006, in Arkansas for a program partly paid...
Fraud Roundup
Fraud Roundup
Arsonists 'light up' in pool of gasoline Musa Shteiwi and his son...
Editor's Note
Credit scoring an issue in 2007
Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the...
Currents
28.5 million holiday party hosts likely underinsured, study says
Most of the 28.5 million Americans hosting parties between...
Currents
La. judge: Insurers liable for water
Even though a homeowner's insurance policy said floods were not...
Fraud Roundup
Fraud Roundup
Arsonists 'light up' in pool of gasoline Musa Shteiwi and his son...
New Markets
New Markets
Real Estate Agents and Brokers E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American...
Features
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many...
Features
Arson convictions now being questioned
A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert...
Currents
Dissecting a claims made policy
You've heard the phrase: "If I could predict the future, I would be...
Case Watch
Case Law Watch
Cancellation and Nonrenewal John Gibson Auto Sales Inc. v. Direct...
Closing Quote
Insurance priorities for the U.S. Senate
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is the incoming chairman of the Senate...
It Figures
It Figures
$20 billion The federal flood insurance program may be going broke...
Currents
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courts
A federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi...
Currents
Ark. starts insurance plan for low-income workers
Enrollment began Dec. 20, 2006, in Arkansas for a program partly paid...
Declarations
Declarations
Lawsuit reform revisited "While I am still reviewing [the] ruling, my...
Currents
Mexican truck travel still limited
Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of...
Features
Making the case for small/mid-size business EPLI
A client's financial well-being -- and an agent's own E&O -- dictate...
Features
Attributes of an excellent and lasting EPLI program
In this soft market, opportunities are once again strong for...
Cover Story
Blueprint for Contractors Liability: Building the case for contractors … and underwriters
For a contractor -- and his insurance agent -- surveying the general...
Currents
AJG resolves federal class action case
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to resolve all claims in the...
Currents
Chubb ends contingent commissions
The Chubb Corp. entered into a settlement agreement with the...
Currents
N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs bring another suit, this time against Acordia
The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois and New York continued...
Features
Subcontractor default insurance
Performance bonds or SDI: how they work and what's the difference The...
Features
Contractors not buying into professional liability
Ames & Gough survey finds as many as 50% of contractors not covered...
Minding Your Business
When all else fails, do something different
An old "Seinfeld" episode portends George Costanza fed up with his...
Currents
BOPping in on employment practices liability insurance
It's the ogre hiding under the bridge. And a hungry ogre at that. The...
Currents
Drunk driving death rates decline in 23 states
Drunken-driving deaths declined slightly across the nation in 2005,...
Currents
13 states file briefs against credit scoring
Delaware Commissioner of Insurance Matt Denn has taken arguments...
Currents
Despite Katrina lessons, Congress keeps extending flood insurance
The federal flood insurance program may be going broke after...
Currents
Absence of hurricane losses proves beneficial to insurers’ bottomline
P/C industry posts $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting in first...