8 Poe/Southern Family changes its Florida underwriting
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