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Supreme Court Victory for Employers Will Be Short-Lived, Experts Predict
At a time when charges of age discrimination are soaring, the Supreme Court seemed to give a break to employers and their employment practices liability insurers this month, ruling that a worker has the burden to prove age was the key factor in a negative employment decision.
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Opinion Leaders

A View From The Press Box
For those of you who don't already know me, allow me to introduce myself. I am Sam Friedman, Editor-In-Chief of National Underwriter, the most outspoken newsmagazine in the property-casualty insurance industry. Check out my positions on controversial issues and talk back by posting your own views on my blog.
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Most people try and avoid risk. You and I are up to our ears in it--risk management, loss control, the alternative risk-transfer market. I'm Caroline McDonald and I court risk every day for National Underwriter.
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What’s your hot-button issue: Insurance regulation? Credit scoring? Direct-writer competition? Laura Mazzuca Toops, editor of NU’s sister publication, American Agent and Broker, taps into some of the most controversial concerns facing the industry today in her provocative and thought-provoking blog.
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While insurance brokers say they are starting to detect signs of firming in the commercial insurance marketplace, buyers on average are still seeing premium rates decline.

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