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Although Laura Mazzuca Toops, editor of our sister publication, American Agent & Broker, reported in our November edition that the red-hot agency acquisitions market had slowed, deals involving

Anyone predicting a top-10 story list for 2008 back in late 2007 would have likely put the passage of federal surplus lines reform on the list. But it didn't make the list simply because it didn't

The continued soft market was a common thread that tied our monthly newsletters together this year. Nearly every issue we delivered in 2008 had an article forecasting when it would end or detailing

It was business as usual for surplus lines insurers and brokers before AIG's near-bankruptcy came to light on Sept. 15--which meant, among other things, they were placing unusual risks and developing

"Kelley Leaves Lexington For Ironshore," read the Dec. 9 NU Online News Service headline, announcing that the head of one of the nation's top surplus lines carriers had jumped ship to join a

Advisen, a provider of information, analytics, and technology for the commercial insurance industry, released three reports on insured losses attributable to the subprime mortgage market meltdown and

Citing heightened customer needs and uncertainty in the insurance marketplace, ACE USA announced it would increase capacity in management, professional and other liability lines to $50 million from $2

This trend means that more juries may be charged with deciding whether a very general request for coverage from a customer can form the basis of a claim for negligence or breach of contract against hi