Even as our list of Top 10 Stories was being typed in early December, American International Group was in the news again, as it has been every day since Sept. 15.

"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 multiline specialty company that was launched in Bermuda as a commercial property insurer in late 2007.

Departures of key executives and underwriting teams, however, were not the only prospects that worried policyholders and brokers when the extent of problems at Lexington's parent, AIG, came to light in mid-September.

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