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More Capital Washes Up In Bermuda
More than $17 billion of capital washed up on the Bermuda shores in 2009, as underwriting profits and investment recoveries for a group of insurers and reinsurers erased a $10 billion capital drop for 2008.

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Agencies Can Hold The Fort On Valuation Despite Recession
Despite a struggling economy and stubbornly soft commercial insurance market, limiting revenue growth and profitability, there are ways for independent agencies and brokerages to protect and even boost the valuation of their firms, say a pair of experts from Reagan Consulting Inc. in their latest “Agency Best Practices” report.
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U.S. Captive Domiciles Grow Despite Lingering Recession
With the dust starting to settle from the recession that hammered the economy and state budgets so hard in 2008, reverberating well into this year, alternative risk-transfer facility launches are getting back to normal, leading captive players contend.
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D&O Prices Inch Up, While Incumbents Keep Cost Attractive For Many Buyers
The gap between attractive prices being charged by incumbent directors and officers liability insurance carriers and higher premiums that have been charged by competitors in recent quarters has started to narrow.
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Eye Of The Storm: U.S. Economic Woes Ripple Through Global Re Market
With the United States at the epicenter of a recession fueled by the mortgage and credit market crises, ripples are still being felt in the global reinsurance market. And while a stagnant economy may be keeping prices stable for many, the ever-present “elephant in the room”—the threat of another major hurricane—is forcing rate hikes for those exposed, industry players say.

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ReUnderwriting: An Educational Forum for Underwriting Professionals
March 23
The Fairmont Hamilton Princess
Hamilton, Bermuda,
CLM 2010 Annual Conference
March 24
Sawgrass Marriott
Ponte Vedra, FL
Seminar on Creating and Enhancing Shareholder Value
April 13
The Westin New York at Times Square http://www.westinny.com/
New York, NY
84th Annual Pittsburgh I Day
April 22
Pittsburgh Hilton
Pittsburgh, PA
RIMS 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition
April 25

Boston, MA
Pennsylvania Surplus Lines Association Annual Meeting
April 28
The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center
Malvern, PA
4th Annual Construction Defect and Insurance Coverage Conference
June 02
The Boca Raton Resort and Club
Boca Raton, FL

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