NU's E&S/Specialty Lines Extra

But readers looking for an article about the passage of a federal surplus lines reform bill or the return of hard-market pricing will have to wait to 2010 at the earliest, experts say.

Below we digest the last seven of the Top-10 stories impacting the surplus lines and admitted specialty markets in 2009. (The recap of the top-three stories are in this edition's lead article.)

#4: It's The Economy, Stupid

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