Insurers returning to the middle market 'killing fields'

As you may know, I'm opposed to boring writing, in part because I have to read so much of it -- some days, I feel I would sooner visit a dentist who would anesthetize me and insert fake pig tusks than read one more boring piece of prose. So I was happy to stumble upon this piece by Matthew Brodsky, in Risk and Insurance Online. This is some fine insurance writing, both informative and entertaining. The middle market -- insureds that pay less than $5 million in annual premiums -- is where many insurers are returning in a big way, while trying to avoid premium cost-cutting to the extent it endangers financial solvency, as happened with a number of companies in the 1990s. Check out the article -- a good read, well worth your time. Here's a taste, from the end of the story:This contest betw