Responses from 126 leading industrial companies provide invaluable benchmarking data on appropriate limits of coverage and retentions/deductibles for key lines of liability insurance coverage (i.e., excess general liability, directors� and officers� liability, employment practices liability, aircraft products liability, crime/fidelity/employee theft liability, and fiduciary liability). Moreover, the report�s commentary offers significant insights into today�s commercial insurance markets. Respondents provide candid, first-hand assessments on insurer performance, premium requirements, coinsurance demands, and exclusions. These assessments accurately reflect the difficulties industrial concerns are currently experiencing in the business insurance marketplace. Perhaps most importantly, the responses featured in the report identify strategies being employed by sophisticated corporate insurance buyers today to overcome those difficult challenges.