Connecticut

Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2006 National Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets, Volume 1. This exclusive biannual market directory has been designed to assist independent agents and brokers in the task of placing difficult or unusual risks.

For ease-of-use the directory utilizes a convenient “color-coded legend” to highlight the availability of markets by IJ’s five geographic regions-East, Midwest, Southeast, South Central and West. The corresponding states for each region are listed below.

Inside the directory and underneath each market listing, five distinct colors represent IJ’s five regions. Those colors (Dark Blue = East, Light Blue = Midwest, Green = Southeast, Orange = South Central, and Red = West) indicate whether or not the market is available in your area of the country. The “color-coded legend” has been placed at the top of every directory page for easy reference.

All market listings have been updated with the most current information available provided directly by intermediaries and carriers. As always, the directory lists the markets categorically by broad coverage groups.

Italicized company names represent companies offering binding authority. To find complete contact information for all companies listed in this directory, see page N72.

IJ’s 2006 National Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets can also be found on our Web site at: www.insurancejournal.com/directories. To submit a listing, visit the online directory, or e-mail Kristine Honey at: khoney@insurancejournal.com.

We hope you find this directory to be a valuable resource when trying to place hard-to-place accounts. Feel free to send us comments and suggestions on how we might improve this directory or other IJ resources, or for additional help using this directory, e-mail: editorial@insurancejournal.com.

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