8 Poe/Southern Family changes its Florida underwriting

April 3, 2006

Won’t renew or insure new homeowners of commercial policies

8 Sirius International withdraws Florida application

Won’t do business as an eligible surplus lines insurer

8 Florida AG files complaint against Marsh

Crist alleges illegal manipulation of markets

N1 Consumer group accuses Geico of unfair practices

Use of education, occupation to set rates target of criticism

N1 Katrina not enough incentive to buy flood coverage

Many homeowners go without despite the risk, Chubb survey reports

N2 Zurich agents caught in compensation disclosure web

Insurer agrees to pay $325 million in two settlement cases

N8 Spotlight: Catastrophe Coverages

1906 Calif. quake centennial a reminder of need for coverage

N8 SPECIAL REPORT: Directors and Officers Liability

Downsized D&O: marketers hungry for mid-sized accounts

N9 SPECIAL REPORT: Directors and Officers Liability

Premiums decline for second straight year, Tillinghast study shows

N12 Closer Look: Workers’ Compensation

New plan helps agents avoid residual market for workers’ comp risks

N16 The London insurance market: The city and the regulators

IJ visits the city destined to be a major player now and in the future

N18 When insurers play the ratings game

Do under-reserved P/C insurers deserve high ratings?

N20 Minding Your Business

What should you pay for producers’ compensation?

34 End to building codes gaps urged in Florida Panhandle

Legislators to consider SB 1336 to remove exemptions

35 Stronger building codes called for in North Carolina

Long’s proposal to reduce future coastal hurricane damages

36 Attorney issues a challenge about Miss. lawsuit

III’s Bill Bailey tells Scruggs: ‘Put up, or shut up!’

36 Scruggs claims whistleblower helping his case

Engineer supposedly pressured to change Katrina data

38 Braking steals-on-wheels to apprehend insurance gangs

Effort underway to control faked auto accidents, crashes

42 Insurance regulatory reform, a constant process

All states should move their efforts ahead in concert

36

Bill Bailey Objects

In Mississippi’s wind vs. flood case, Bailey tells Scruggs, “meet me on the courthouse steps.”

N18

Ratings Game

A closer look at the ratings game and where property casualty insurers fit into the overall picture.

8 Editor’s note

12 People & places

42 Closing quotes

Topics Florida Underwriting

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