Risky Business

It’s risky business selecting the top stories of the year. One’s choices are limited — they basically have to consist of real news.

Predicting headlines for the coming year, however, is pure speculation. It’s kind of fun to imagine the news that might be on the horizon. So, in 2008, these breaking stories could be featured on your favorite insurance news portal:

• U.S. Product Safety Agency Bans All Toys
• Entire Marsh Management Team Moves to Montana
• Brown & Brown Acquires Last Remaining Insurance Agency in United States;
• California Governor Vows to Terminate Tornadoes, Ice Storms, Floods
• Texas Tells State Farm — Charge Whatever You Want;
• Democrats Urge Free Flood Insurance for All;
• Aon Sells “A” in Corporate Name;
• Louisiana Coastal Areas Flooded — With Insurance Companies;
• Risk Managers Applaud as Commercial Insurance Prices Rise;
• Insurance CEOs Say the Heck with Discipline; Vow to Slash Rates to Gain Market Share;
• AIG Buys China
• Republicans Push Law to Outlaw Global Warming
• Community’s Disaster Planning a Disaster
• Insurer Pays First Identity Theft Claim
• “Real Time” Publicity Budget Exceeds Insurers’ Technology Spending
• AIG’s Sullivan, C.V. Starr’s Greenberg to Box for Charity
• State Insurance Commissioners Modernize Office Furnishings
• Hurricane Forecasters Go Out of Business
• Entire Insurance Journal Editing Staff Fired

It may be risky business, but if any of these stories happen, Insurance Journal will be there to cover them. That is, if any editors are left. Happy New Year to all!

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