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Direct Commissions: Alphabetically lists 293 property-casualty organizations, displaying 2003 direct commissions and direct commissions percentages of direct premiums for 2001-2003. Organizations writing more than $100 million in direct premiums in 2003 are included (except for those writing more than 75 percent of their business in guaranty lines).
Contigent Commission: Alphabetically lists 293 property-casualty organizations, displaying contingent commissions, and percentages of premiums and total commissions for 2003.
Salary Trends: Alphabetically lists 293 property-casualty organizations, displaying 2003 salaries (including claims and underwriting), and annual salary growth since 1998.
Expense Ratio: Alphabetically lists 222 property-casualty organizations, displaying net expense ratios and expense ratio rankings for 2001-2003. Organizations with non-negative expense ratios writing more than $100 million in net premiums in 2003 are included (except for those writing more than 75 percent of their business in guaranty lines).

Reproduced from National Underwriter Edition, January 20, 2005. Copyright 2005 by The National Underwriter Company in the serial publication. All rights reserved.Copyright in this article as an independent work may be held by the author.

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