| Specialty Lines:Social services agencies feel the squeeze
 Reduced funding in social services segment creates a transitioning
 marketplace for agents.
 Marketing:Thinking outside the Web
 As online exposures grow at warp speed, the seasoned pros
 at ThinkRisk "think ahead" to craft E&O solutions.
 Technology:Getting results
 Astonish exec shares lessons learned from working
 with hundreds of agency customers.
 Benefits Agency:Three-person benefits department is agency's fastest growth unit
 Building a strong benefits program starts with an employee survey.
 Other Feature Stories:Alternative risk transfer market update
 Insurance-linked securities market matures and gathers momentum.
 Heading down a proven roadTrucking specialists stress service instead of the lure of price.
 Clark-Theders is Agency of the YearIt's more than just insurance to them.
 When uncommon storms make a surprise visitFrom preparedness to recovery, 2011's storms were a test for New England agents.
 Rough Notes Company presents 13th annual Community Service AwardJim Pender and Gary Trippe offer disabled vets a career path in insurance.
 Covering para-transit and taxi cabsSome movement in and out of market, but specialists maintain their focus..
 Final flood chapter: A fortuitous office moveCedar Rapids-based TrueNorth re-energized by trading downtown locations with library.
 The trucking market provides some $5.7 billion in premiumIowa, Oregon and North Dakota provide the most vibrant markets.
   COLUMNSWinning Strategies—Setting the record straight on small commercial lines
 By Roger Sitkins
 Social Media Forum—Learning from Mickey MouseBy  Tom Wetzel
 Customer Service Focus—Make a difference with great customer serviceBy Laura Williams Calcagno, CISR, CPIW
 Public Policy Analysis & Opinion—"Doc Terri's" grand tourBy Kevin P. Hennos
 Benefits Business—Health care overhaul tied to exchangesBy Len Strazewski
 Digital Marketing—There's an app for thatBy Heather Lockwood
 Internet Marketing—Mobile AmericaBy Adam DeGraide
 Benefits Products & Services—Wellness for new parentsBy Thomas A. McCoy, CLU
 Enterprise Risk Management—Strategically focusedBy Michael J. Moody, MBA, AR
 The Innovative Workplace—Being greenBy Don Phin
 Risk Management—Valuable papers and records: Know your limitsBy Donald S. Malecki, CPCU
 Risk Managers' Forum—Low hanging fruit is sweetestBy Erica Martinson, CIC, CRM, MBA
 Agents E&O Loss Prevention—Trucking losses are usually big,as are related E&O claims
 By Curtis M. Pearsall, CPCU, AIAF, ARM, CPIA
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