NU asked several execs at several major reinsurers: What do you consider the greatest challenges to the reinsurance business as 2014 approaches, and conversely, where do you feel its greatest opportunities lie?

NAPSLO board members Robert Sargent, Gil Hine and Hank Haldeman weigh in.

NU spoke to many surplus lines executives at NAPSLO's Annual Convention in San Diego; here are some highlights of those interviews, as well as some scenes from the event.

While the wind howled outside like screams pulled from hell as Superstorm Sandy descended, I was struck by a strange thoughtthe same one Id wager many Staten Islanders had.

Staten Island was one of the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. In Part 1 of our October cover feature, NU confronts the gritty reality of how this resilient, battered community continues to deal with the effects, one year later.

JM Associates/Burnham + Co., a Division of HUB International Northeast, partnered with The Hartford to create a general liability program for elevator contractors, inspectors, consultants (excluding E&O), manufacturers and distributors. Here, Vice President John Tateossian discusses the programs origins, how it is administered and the complex exposuresand necessary coverfor those...

E&S firms "have become more highly professional, sophisticated and certainly more diverse than ever before. Insureds and their retail brokers are increasingly looking to the Wholesale community to provide innovative coverage and structure as a way to get to the best possible outcome."

JM Assoc. VP John Tateossian discusses a partnership with The Hartford to create a GL program for elevator contractors, inspectors, manufacturers, distributors and consultants.