8 Agents welcome windstorm debate
Insurers warn against subsidies
10 Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates
200,000 Calif. customers to benefit, company says
10 Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suits
Identical bill vetoed by Gov. Napolitano last year
11 Superior Court upholds CDI homeowner protections
Insurers may not depreciate cost of labor when paying claims
11 FEMA tripling Calif. San Joaquin River flood plain
Move could force more homeowners to buy flood coverage
12 Nev.’s med-mal changes help doctors, hinder lawsuits
Reform efforts brought more insurers to state
12 Utah’s captive industry grows
Number of insurers rose 114.3% in 2006
16 Wash.’s legislative agenda targets license reform
Commissioner calls current system ‘antiquated’
18 Insurer run-off management strategies face obstacles
Study says recent high-profile exits have put a spotlight on liabilities
22 Sullivan Group’s chairman shares insight on regulatory matters
Reinsurance collateralization, surplus lines reform top concerns
26 A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006
I.I.I.’s Hartwig discusses why it could be the best year ever
N2 Congress gets bipartisan bills to repeal antitrust immunity
Industry says eliminating exemption will hurt competition
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
68 Corporate governance, capital drive D&O liability prices down
Advisen report says D&O rates should continue to plummet
72 The Commissioners: New Mexico’s Morris Chavez
New regulator hopes to restore transparency, honesty and integrity
76 Industry leaders debate federal versus state regulation
PLUS panelists discuss possibilities under a Democratic Congress
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
80 Should D&O insurers have a loss prevention role?
Most insurers do not and are unlikely to offer anytime soon
90 Closing Quote: Resetting punitive damages
Judge L.T. Senter’s ruling on State Farm damages
DEPARTMENTS
6 Editor’s Note
14 People
20 Business Moves
82 New Markets
84 Case Law Watch
86 Fraud Roundup
90 Closing Quote