Construction Markets

In this Issue

Features
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles offering...
Features
Fisher trial won’t be moved
The trial of former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will...
Features
Which cars are safest? Insurance industry picks
Ten 2006 passenger cars won praise from the insurance industry for...
Features
The industry goes to school
In this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled...
People & Places
People
Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to...
Features

Carriers View Gulf States As 'Tough Place to Do Business' More than...
Features
Hurricane mediation program underway in Louisiana
Beginning January 3, 2006, Louisiana residents whose Hurricane...
Features
PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance
Thanking insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Farmers, EsSix The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and EsSix...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Flu hope, not hype
Does the world seem to be careening from one crisis to another these...
Features
Workers’ Comp
Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new...
Features

Gulf Coast: A 'tough place to do business' More than 100 insurance...
Closing Quote
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Editor's Note
Flu hope, not hype
Does the world seem to be careening from one crisis to another these...
Features
The industry goes to school
More universities that offer insurance degrees In this second...
Features
Hurricane mediation program underway in Louisiana
Beginning January 3, 2006, Louisiana residents whose Hurricane...
Features
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Features
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles offering...
People & Places
People & Places
Brent Jenkins Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three...
New Markets
Workers’ Comp
Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new...
New Markets
Architects and Engineers
Nuts & Bolts: St. Paul Travelers expanded its appetite for architects...
New Markets
Community Banks, Lawyers
Nuts & Bolts: OneBeacon Insurance Group in Boston, a subsidiary of...
New Markets
Bankers PL
Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies developed an...
Features
Fisher trial won’t be moved
The trial of former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will...
Features
PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance
Association calls on insurance companies to assist during extended...
Features
Which cars are safest? Insurance industry picks
Ten 2006 passenger cars won praise from the insurance industry for...
Newsbriefs
DISASTER RECOVERY AID SURPASSES $564.6M FOR HURRICANE RITA
Families and individuals who suffered damage from Hurricane Rita have...
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...