September 17, 2018 Surplus Lines: Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association Annual (formerly NAPSLO Annual) Market: Energy

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In this Issue

• Features
  Report on California’s Independent Medical Review Shows Continued Progress
  An annual progress report from the California Department of Workers'...
• Features
  New Workers’ Comp Program for California’s Cannabis Industry
  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in early September...
• Features
  Tesla Driver in California Blames Autopilot for Firetruck Crash, Arrested for DUI
  Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in...
• Features
  California Cites Garment Contractors $570K, Some Lacked Workers’ Comp
  The California Labor Commissioner's Office has cited six Los Angeles...
• Features
  New Mexico Couple Wins $74M for Baby’s Brain Damage in Delivery
  A jury has awarded a New Mexico couple $74 million in a medical...
• People & Places
  People
  Paula Downey, president and CEO of CSAA Insurance Group in California...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Harassment in the Workplace
  More than one-third (35 percent) of employees in the U.S. feel...
• Idea Exchange
  Best Tech Ways for Agents to Get the ‘Message’ Out
  2018 has turned out to be the year of the text message. For agents,...
• Idea Exchange
  High Customer Expectations Leads to New Challenges for Insurance Satisfaction
  Record high customer satisfaction among auto insurance customers is...
• Idea Exchange
  What Is an NRRA Exempt Commercial Purchaser?
  Some larger commercial insurance brokers appear to be uncertain about...
• Idea Exchange
  How to Write Great Headlines, So Prospects Don’t Forget You
  Renewal dates only come around once a year, but insurance problems...
• Idea Exchange
  Attracting Gen Z: The Post-Millennial Talent Wave
  Today's insurance labor market is colored by the rapid graying of the...
• Idea Exchange
  How to Maximize Agency Productivity
  Maximizing employee productivity has a direct impact on the bottom...
• Closing Quote
  Congress Should Amend Definition of Private Flood
  Historically, the surplus lines market has served as a supplement to...
• Features
  San Francisco May Screen Insurers for Their Fossil Fuels Investments
  The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has become what is believed to...
• Features
  Agencies Focus on Growing Larger Accounts: Channel Harvest Survey
  Independent agents and brokers are focusing on growing the average...
• Features
  Cannabis: Striking a Balance Between Federal and State Laws
  Currently, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the...
• Features
  A CEO Needs to Be Authentic, Optimistic and Resilient: PartnerRe’s Clarke
  When PartnerRe acquired SAFR in 1997, it expanded its scope of...
• Features
  More Super Regional P/C Carriers Ready to Dive Into Specialty Lines
  There's Opportunity in Unusual and Emerging Risks, Sullivan Tells...
• Features
  Lloyd’s Modernization Plans Move Full-Steam Ahead
  From Electronic Placing to Artificial Intelligence: Lloyd's America...
• Features
  Managing the Retail Agent’s Risk in Surplus Lines
  While it is common for retail agents to turn to E&S wholesalers...
• Features
  How New Business Is Creating a New Wholesaler-Retailer Relationship
  An influx of new business is presenting surplus lines wholesalers and...
• Features
  AIG CEO Expects More Trading of Insurance-Linked Assets
  American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Brian Duperreault...
• Features
  Reinsurance Industry Will Continue Consolidation: Fitch
  As global reinsurance executives gathered in Monte Carlo for their...
• Features
  How U.S. P/C Commercial Insurers Will Fare Through 2019: Moody’s Investors Service
  The outlook for the U.S. property/casualty commercial insurance...
• Features
  Partner Re Celebrates Its First 25 Years– When Everything and Nothing Has Changed
  During PartnerRe's first 25 years as a reinsurer, everything has...
• Features
  Vindati Platform Looks to ‘Delight’ Brokers Seeking Specialty Markets for Small-Medium Businesses
  There will soon be a new specialty insurance site that promises to...
• Features
  ILS Market Could Bear 20% of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Marie Loss: A.M. Best
  The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market potentially could bear...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  Hub International, Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services Hub...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Solar Game-changer "Swiss Re is guaranteeing the volume That's...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  General Liability - All Contractors Market Detail: Calypso Insurance...