Features

California Insurance Commissioner Quackenbush Resigns

Attorney General and others to continue probe

Hibbs-Hallmark Acquires Lambert Fenchurch Assets

Tyler agency acquires assets after Lambert leader resigns

Kidnapping, Hostage-Taking and Extortion on the Rise

By Charles E. Boyle * With a 6 percent increase in kidnappings from 1998 to 1999, insurance against these predators gives many corporations some peace of mind

Surplus Lines Agents in This New Millennium

2001 Legislative session to bring changes to agent licensing

And Then There Were Two...

By Constance Parten * Only two admitted carriers remain in Texas' troubled nursing home liability market

Commercial Lines Deregulation Continues to Gain Momentum at State Level

By Stefani Mingo * More than 20 states have passed commercial deregulation laws since 1997, with more to come

Legal Beat: Successor Liability for Renewal Commissions

By Michael Sean Quinn * Who owns renewal rights? It's a question between agents, agencies and companies

2000 Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets,Volume II

Alphabetical Directory of Intermediaries and Carriers

Parting Shots:Technology is Your Slave, Not Your Master

By Peter van Aartrijk Jr. * Ruminating about the place of technology in an agent's arsenal