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  Overpaying Insurance Claims

  By Diana Reitz  |  January 17, 2011

  Insurers are always accused of underpaying claims, but what about when they overpay? It is happening, and here is why.

• Household Debt Hampers Insurance Sales

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 6, 2010

  Households are reducing their financial obligations, which mean one thing to the insurance industry: impeded growth.

• North America-Only Companies Becoming Irrelevant, Liberty Mutual Chief Exec Says

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 6, 2010

  Liberty Mutual Chairman and CEO Edmund "Ted" Kelly said only strong companies that recognize global business opportunities will succeed because they will be poised to take advantage of the market when it improves.

• A Coverage Analysis of the Egg Recall

  By Diana Reitz  |  November 3, 2010

  The recent salmonella outbreak involving millions of eggs is just the latest in the seemingly never-ending debate about the quality and safety of the American food supply.

• First-Half 2010 E&S Premiums Decline

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 11, 2010

  Premiums written by the U.S. excess and surplus lines market fell nearly 5 percent to $11.5 billion in the first half of 2010, according to a report prepared by Highline Data exclusively for National Underwriter.

• First-Half 2010 E&S Premiums Decline

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 27, 2010

  Premiums written by the U.S. excess and surplus lines market fell nearly 5 percent to $11.5 billion in the first-half of 2010, according to a report prepared by Highline Data exclusively for National Underwriter.

• First Mercury Buying Ariel's Valiant For $55M

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 12, 2010

  Early this month, First Mercury Financial Corporation announced one of its subsidiaries will buy Valiant Insurance Group for roughly $55 million.

• Foreign Firms Post Biggest U.S. Gains In Shrinking E&S Insurance Market

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 24, 2010

  Non-U.S. organizations vaulted up a premium ranking of writers of excess and surplus lines insurance in the United States in 2009, although industrywide U.S. E&S premiums shrank for the third straight year.

• Tom Slattery, Former Editor Of NU, Passes Away At 68

  By Staff Writer  |  May 24, 2010

  Thomas J. Slattery, for many years the editorial leader of National Underwriter, passed away on May 14 of respiratory failure at the age of 68.

• Top-50 E&S Writers Show Foreign Surge

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 24, 2010

  Non-U.S. firms vaulted up a premium ranking of E&S writers in the United States in 2009, although industry-wide U.S. E&S premiums shrank for the third straight year, an exclusive NU report found.