8 La.’s Blanco: Industry over-reacting to hurricanes

Governor says state is making headway on storm protection

9 Ark. auto insurance fraud suspect turns self in

Fraud ring allegedly scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars

10 New Orleans couple drops suit against Allstate

No explanation given for vacating fight over Katrina damage

10 Vanek promoted to CEO of NLASCO

Acquisition of Waco-based insurer completed

12 Customer satisfaction doesn’t ensure loyalty

Report: Improve customer retention strategies

12 IIB sues Team Bank, Mystic Capital Advisors

Suit stems from Okla.-based agency’s purchase of Team subsidiary

16 Property/casualty profits were up in 2006

I.I.I.’s Hartwig discusses whether results can be sustained, and more

N2 Congress get bipartisan bills to repeal antitrust immunity

Industry says eliminating exemption will hurt competition

76 FEMA changing El Paso flood maps

Many neighborhoods now in flood zone

MARKET FEATURES

N4 Spotlight: Hospitality

Hospitality industry faces more than just traditional P/C losses

N11 Closer Look: Directors and Officers Liability

D&O experts show little tendency to drink from glass ‘half full’

N15 SPECIAL REPORT: Surplus Lines

Coming to the rescue

States get ready to modernize surplus lines regulation

N18 Exclusive: Market Survey

Top 25 P/C premium gainers

N22 Hospitality Risks Directory

20 High tech not main method for ID theft

Crime most often committed in old fashioned, low tech ways

IDEA EXCHANGE

N8 International Insider

Chubb’s Ellis says D&O coverage is taking on a new direction

N39 Brokerage Watch

Stock prices mixed; middle market M&As remain active

N40 Growing Your Property Casualty Agency

Five casual ways to pump up CSR sales

62 Legal Beat: Katrina lawsuits

Are the winds of fortune changing for insurers?

72 New producer must have ‘skin in the game’

Beginning on the first day on the job

76 Surviving disruptive innovation

Agents can not only survive, they can thrive from it

78 Closing Quote: Reaping the wind will be insurers’ responsibility

As windstorm association exposure grows, so does threat to industry

DEPARTMENTS

8 It Figures

9 Declarations

14 People

18 New Markets