When Louis Levinson of Argo Group described a recent restructuring of the company's U.S. E&S units to NU late last year, he began with a simple comparison of two organizational charts.

While market conditions, the weak economy and catastrophic events were among the most frequent topics NU reporters wrote about last year, the article that clearly stood out for our readers in 2010 dealt with insurance agency service issues.

The planned revision of a catastrophe model set for early spring 2011 could impact reinsurance pricing on Jan. 1, and property insurance prices in coastal and inland areas, according to an analyst.

This week's edition of National Underwriter is almost entirely devoted to a review of the top-10 stories of 2010 chosen by the editors of the publication.

With more analytical tools and gauges to monitor property and casualty insurance.

Economists said the recession was over some time last year, but a walk down almost any main street in America reveals a different picture.

It was not hard to select the top two property and casualty insurance stories for 2010.

Standard & Poor's has revised the rating outlook for U.S. personal property and casualty insurance lines to stable from negative, pointing to more favorable pricing among the factors prompting the change.