Antitrust, racketeering class action charges falter

Plaintiffs fail to back claims of racketeering, antitrust conspiracy

Trial for former Marsh executives begins

Bid-rigging charges stem from former AG Spitzer's probe

Maryland agents get flood, HO notice protection

General Assembly approves liability shield for agents

Mass. judge throws book at workers' comp perjurer

Employer caught lying about safety ordered to read "Integrity"

Delaware agents' groups on verge of merger

PIA and Big "I" affiliates could be one by May 1

Vermont's captive regulator honored

Crouse recognized for years of pioneering regulation

N.J. ruling could affect 10,000 drunk driving cases

Breath test machine goes on trial

Congress examines need for national disaster solution

Some say private market is best, but others say federal help needed

Bush administration rejects pleas for federal disaster plan

Leaders say such a program would ultimately cost taxpayers more

Banks' total insurance revenue dipped

Brokerage income rose in 2006

SEC agrees to ease Sarbanes-Oxley rules for small firms

Change allows more flexibility in the rules, more efficiency

Lloyd's posts more than $7 billion in pre-tax profit

Record profit comes after 2005's $202 million loss

Globalization of directors and officers coverage

International expansions bring new exposures, new concerns

Closer Look: Habitational Properties

Habitation class evolves with changing property landscape

SPECIAL REPORT: SALUTE TO INDEPENDENT AGENTS

DOUBLE DUTY

Command Sergeant Major Todd Smith of the Army National Guard and the K.L. Smith Insurance Agency in Willimantic, Conn., one of the country's citizen-soldiers.

SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to Independent Agencies

Double Duty: Agent-soldiers serve their country and their customers

Closer Look: Habitational Properties

Safety dividend program gives profits back to habitational insureds

Spotlight: Market Survey

Top 25 property/casualty premium gainers

Exclusive: Agency Salary Survey

Compensation beyond base pay may be more difficult in the future

Brokerage Watch

Brokers experience no shortage in M&A activity in first quarter

Growing Your Property Casualty Agency free and easy ways to drive traffic to your agency's Web site

Agents place McCarran-Ferguson at top of legislative list

Robert Rusbuldt and agents' message for Washington