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THE LEADER IN PROPERTY & CASUALTY NEWS
december 13, 2010
VOL. 114, NO. 43
$5.00
WIND TURBINE CLAIMS
Subrogation Potential Even
When Lightning Strikes
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TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK EMPLOYERS FORESEE RISING HEALTH PLAN COSTS
Photo by CJ Burton/Corbis
Future Of Class Actions Hinges
On Wal-Mart Case Review
Corporate America and trial lawyers
are awaiting a decision from the U.S.
Supreme Court, which has agreed to
hear an appeal in a discrimination
lawsuit case involving thousands of
women seeking class-action status
against Wal-Mart. E Page 6
Clients Worried About PPACA Mandates Turn To
Brokers For Health Care Reform Answers
See page 12.
Job Level For P&C
Carriers At 20-Year Low
P&C carrier employment levels decreased again in October, dropping to
the lowest employment level in the last
20 years, according to an Insurance
Information Institute analysis. E Page 6
Group Health Rates Climb;
P&C Prices Still Down
The latest surveys of rate changes for
the group medical and the property and
casualty insurance markets reveal a
tale of two markets—with medical
rates continuing to climb and p&c
prices still falling. E Page 7
Privatizing NFIP?
Trades, FEMA Discuss Possibility
Representatives of several foreign and
domestic insurer groups are suggesting privatization of the National Flood
Insurance Program. E Page 8
AGENCY BEST
PRACTICES
Pillars Of
Private Ownership
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