Governor, employers unhappy with S.C. comp reform

Critics, including insurers, say Senate bill falls short

N.C.'s Long blasts move to usurp rate-setting authority

Warns rates will rise if he's not allowed to review insurers' pricing

Florida system rates homes' wind resistance

Scores homes 1 to 100 on ability to handle severe windstorms

Ala. teachers may join state liability plan

Gov. Riley wants to provide teachers with professional liability

Katrina lawyers claim e-mails show State Farm at fault

Were engineers asked for reports to support minimum payments?

Miss. wind pool hike slashed

State Farm begins promised review of Miss. Katrina claims

About 35,000 homeowners' policies eligible for second look

Congress examines need for national disaster solution

Some say private market is sufficient; 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

USI Holdings granted limit on copyright damages

Limits any damages to three years prior rather than 13 years

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 expansion brings new exposures, new concerns

Closer Look: Habitational Properties

Habitation class evolves with changing property landscape

SPECIAL REPORT: SALUTE TO INDEPENDENT AGENTS DOUBLE DUTY

Colonel Frank Caruso, of the Army National Guard and the Albert V. Jaskol Agency in Burlington, N.J., 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

Closing Quote

Agents place McCarran-Ferguson at top of legislative list

Robert Rusbuldt and agents' message for Washington