Inside This Issue

PRIMARY COVERAGE

Miss. commissioner hopes to lower wind pool rates

Rates have skyrocketed for homeowners and businesses since Katrina

Court backs Miss. raid on surplus lines fund

U.S. Court of Appeals says the industry fund is not a private entity

Tenn. restaurants facing $4.8M workers' comp tab

Businesses left holding bill for fund the state says was mismanaged

N.C. lawmakers question auto insurance rate system

Commissioner Long advocates change in high risk pool charges

Timetable: Allstate v. Florida

How the insurer's public feud with the Crist administration developed

Busy Atlantic doesn't mean more landfall risk

Faulty estimates of landfall risk and insured losses

Insurer cleans up after bankrupt insured

AIG to spend $42.5 million on four sites, including one in Tenn.

Consumer group claims insurers overcharge, underpay

Insurers defend recent years' profits, deny allegations

Despite woes, biggest insurance brokers still make the grade

Fitch reports leaner, more transparent brokers are better than before

Supreme Court limits investors' securities lawsuits

Some view Stoneridge ruling as another setback for U.S. investors

ISO: Insurers to pay $6.5 billion in '07 for cat claims

4Q losses total $1.7 billion with just four catastrophes

Lloyd's defends insurers against 'spoilsport' image

Insurers should 'blow their own trumpet' to combat concerns

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Tenn. uncertain how to fix state's uninsured driver problem

More than one in five licensed drivers is uninsured

States still not sold on Real ID federal license

Administration lowers cost by extending implementation period

MARKET FEATURES

Executives see only moderate growth for P/C industry in 2008

But outlook could quickly change if natural catastrophes strike

Regulators address the politics of underwriting

Education, credit scoring create hot button issues

European risk managers, industry face new, not so new challenges

Importance of risk management continues to grow in global business

SPECIAL REPORT: Excess and Surplus Lines

To thrive and survive E&S brokers seek new ways to grow, prosper in today's changing market

IDEA EXCHANGE

Agents mind your Es & Os

Quality agents have a better chance of overcoming E&O catastrophes

Growing Your Property Casualty Agency

Setting and tracking goals for agency producers

Carrier Watch

Commercial insurers' stocks flat in 2007; M&As heat up

Closing Quote: Crisis planning

A firm's crisis plan must work at moment's notice

DEPARTMENTS

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