Over 7,000 stories have passed from our keyboards to your desktop during 2011.

While some fade faster than a Christmas party hangover, others live long in the memory.

Each of our web team has raided their personal archives to share the one which stood out for them:

Niels Stolberg.

Online editor - Jim Mulrenan

31 March: MISC renewal is a very big deal

It began with a piqued comment from an underwriter but it quickly became clear that what was underway was a significant deal that revealed just how soft the marine-insurance remained despite the Japanese earthquake and tsunami tragedy in March and other natural catastrophes.

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