8 Royal & Sun buyout approval expected
Plan receives backing from key player in Delaware
9 Tighter steering restrictions in Conn.
Conn. AG seeks to fix auto body shop law
9 UNH calculates cyber attack threat
Researchers gauge threats posed by hackers, terrorists, foreign nations
10 Risky levees in 27 states could trigger flood insurance mandate
Localities told they must take care of levee maintenance
10 Sales of flood insurance up sharply
Across the country, a surge in premiums for the national flood program
N1 Forecast predicts slower premium growth in 2007 and 2008
Underwriting profits expected but at a much smaller rate
N2 Forecasters predict active hurricane season in 2007
U.S. hurricane landfall to be up 60%
N2 Massive losses from an extreme
earthquake may be overdue
Study says industry could suffer a $100 billion loss from great quake
N2 Top 10 most tornado- and hail-prone cities revealed
N3 Lloyd’s speaks out on climate change Chairman Levene says industry can no longer be in denial
N10 Exclusive: The Commissioners, Part 1
Interviews with 15 insurance regulators
42 Maine balks at federal
drivers’ license system
One of several states
concerned about privacy, costs
42 Agency owners could
benefit from new pension law
Automatic enrollment puts all employees into plan by default
44 The Commissioners, Part 1:
Former N.Y. Commissioner Howard Mills
Assessing his two years in the regulator’s chair
MARKET FEATURES
N6 Spotlight: Yachts and Boats
Underwriters tighten ropes on yacht accounts
N16 Closer Look: High Risk Property & Catastrophe Coverages
Mitigating the everyday catastrophe
41 Closer Look: High Risk Property & Catastrophe Coverages
Extreme weather, terrorism not going away
N19 SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to “Super Regionals”
2007 Super Regional P/C Insurers™
Multi-state, multi-line players revealed
N26 MyNewMarkets Web site offers 20,000 markets
Insurance Journal’s free, interactive Web site, launched Feb. 12
IDEA EXCHANGE
N28 Minding Your Business
Four goals for owners
50 Closing Quote: Resetting punitive
damages
Judge L.T. Senter’s ruling on State Farm
damages
DEPARTMENTS
6 Editor’s Note
12 People
46 Business Moves
47 New Markets