Attending the annual conference of the Captive Insurance Companies Association in Indian Wells, Calif., last week, I was relieved to see that even in these uncertain financial times, the world was still turning.

Yes, attendance was downby 20 percent, CICA saidbut there were will plenty of attendees and the exhibitor hall was sold out.The good news for exhibitors was that many of the 20 percent who didnt make it were vendors, according to reports I received at the conference.Exhibitors that may have sent four or five to the conference in the past, this year sent one or two. That meant there were more risk managers and insurance buyers in attendancewhich is, after all, the focus of the conference.

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