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With two newly developed continuing education courses up for offering, the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office has completed its 2011 education schedule and registration is now open.

A climate nuisance liability case to be heard by the Supreme Court may be the environmental case of the decade, according to William F. Stewart, a coverage attorney, who details the implications of Conn. vs. AEP.

In the wake of New York's decision not to join a nationwide compact on sharing of surplus-lines taxes, industry officials believe such compacts may be doomed.

While proposed statutes may fuel an increase in lawsuits against employers who allow bullies to work for them, right now it's not illegal to be a jerk at work, according to employment practices liability experts

"Status-blind harassment" is becoming more of a concern to employers and their employment practices liability insurers, but while the consequences of workplace bullying are clear, appropriate steps to recognize and rein in the problem aren't always obvious.

More Americans have become entrepreneurs during the Great Recession than at any time in the past 15 years, and most of them are going it alone, according…