In such an eventful year, with dozens of compelling stories as strong contenders, determining the Top 10 of 2011 was no easy task. But, after a lot of laborand internal debatewe feel the final list weve put together successfully captures the essential news of the past 12 months.

In such an eventful year, with dozens of compelling stories as strong contenders, determining the Top 10 of 2011 was no easy task. But, after a lot of laborand internal debatewe feel the final list weve put together successfully captures the essential news of the past 12 months.

In honor of the national holiday that coincides with this issue of NU, we thought wed serve up a feast of items about which P&C pros (and NUs editors) can be thankful.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is expanding its consulting services for U.S. insurance and securities firms to help them address the challenges of enterprise-risk management (ERM).

Paul Jansen and Kevin Hastings have launched Cove Programs, an underwriting agency and approved Lloyds coverholder. Cove will focus initially on the U.S. homebuilders market offering primary and excess liability and property solutions.