Articles from Best's Review (November 1, 2002)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
30-year level premiums resurface in term life. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	154
A+ for college cash: changes in the rules for 529 college savings plans are drawing some big life insurers into the business. (Life/Health: 529 College Savings Plans).	Panko, Ron		7242
Ace Ltd. launches Environmental Risk unit. (Companies).		Brief Article	72
ACLI unveils life reinsurance data hub. (Technology: Technology Notes).		Brief Article	286
Aetna offers stop-loss disability plan to self-insured employers. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	150
Aftermarket parts battle moves to Ill. high court. (Briefing).		Brief Article	114
AIG offers new D&O coverage. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	263
Appetite control: new HIAA chairman says Americans need to be weaned from their love of cheap health care. (Life/Health: Health-Care Costs).	Kelly, Dennis		772
Bankruptcy Court clears WorldCom-AIG surety deal. (Briefing).		Brief Article	274
Benefits Institute pessimistic about defined-contribution plans. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	118
Best's Rating Changes. (Ratings).			5018
Brown haze a potential threat to climate. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	230
Building a better model: Enron's downfall should alert directors and officers writers that their underwriting models must be accurate, up to date and effective for their entire policy portfolio. (Property/Casualty: Directors and Officers).	Duca, Christopher		1597
By the numbers. (Briefing).			282
Capitalizing on components: new, integrated component-based software helps insurers cut costs, bring products to market faster and support a customer-focused orientation. (Technology: Technology Insight).	Hollander, David P.		718
Church Mutual urges background screening. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	210
Clarification.		Correction Notice	75
Conseco Inc. (Executives).		Brief Article	99
Credit Suisse pumps 2 billion francs into Winterthur. (Companies).		Brief Article	136
Doing the right thing: now more than ever, the insurance industry needs to be a model of corporate ethics. (Property/Casualty: Underwriting Insight).	Nau, James R.		761
E-mail use in marketing requires discipline. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	213
Getting it right the first time: the push is on for health-care insurers to use information technology to make claims processing more accurate and less costly. (Technology: Claims Processing).	Bowers, Barbara		3783
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (Executives).		Brief Article	45
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. (Executives).		Brief Article	41
Insurers change direction in shifting Japanese market. (Briefing).	Pilla, David		881
IVANS launches Quick Start Remote Access. (Technology: Technology Notes).		Brief Article	232
Land of opportunity: industry insiders are optimistic about the potential of Latin America despite recurring economic crises. (Industry Strategies: Latin America).	Pilla, David		1681
Lessons from Japanese auto makers: product architecture offers a solution for the insurance industry's poor productivity gains. (Life/Health: Selling Insight).	Nallicheri, Narayan		788
Life in the public eye: newly demutualized life insurers adjust to the glare of shareholder scrutiny.	Gorski, Lorraine	Cover Story	3945
Meetings.		Brief Article	150
More than a number. (Comment).		Letter to the Editor	361
Nationwide completes conversion, merger of Provident Mutual. (Briefing).		Brief Article	251
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. (Executives).		Brief Article	57
NCCI Holdings Inc. (Executives).		Brief Article	56
New England Financial adds fee-based planning. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	158
New York Life Insurance Co. (Executives).		Brief Article	51
New York Life pegs LTC product to Urban CPI. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	67
Not all roses, but still sweet. (Editor's Prologue).		Editorial	357
Pay now or pay later: the dwindling number of master underwriters and the industry's lack of commitment to developing them pose a grave threat to insurers. (Life/Health: Underwriting Insight).	George, Hank		701
Penn Treaty resumes LTC sales in Florida. (Briefing).		Brief Article	101
Prudential Financial considers sale of property/casualty line. (Companies).		Brief Article	209
Raising America's LTC IQ: insurers must teach their clients the benefits of planning for long-term care early, as well as the consequences of waiting. (Life/Health: Long-Term Care).	Perry, Scott		1378
Share and share alike: corporations can create savings incentives by the way they allocate the cost of risk internally. (Property/Casualty: Risk Management).	Rousmaniere, Peter		1935
Shelter from the storm: while a sharp increase in the frequency of small weather-related events has many large carriers retrenching in the homeowners line, smaller insurers generally are faring well in this market. (Property/Casualty: Homeowners).	Bowers, Barbara		5820
Southern exposures. (Industry Strategies: Latin America).	Velazquez, Dan		1362
Stirling Cooke Brown changes name to AlphaStar. (Companies).		Brief Article	85
Study finds fundamental changes in work-site market for insurance products. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	263
Swift justice: insurers can cut legal claims costs by streamlining the decision-making process that determines whether to settle or proceed to trial. (Industry Strategies: Litigation).	Applestein, Donald		2071
Terrorism models can help insurers. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	247
The matter of data: a recent court decision rejected the notion that damage to information stored on computers is insured as "property damage". (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Insight).	Rutkin, Alan S.	Column	703
The ultimate niche: USAA's commitment to serving only people connected to the military, and its unusual structure and sales strategy, set it apart from the rest of the insurance industry. (Industry Strategies: Company Profile).	Chordas, Lori	Company Profile	5781
Tried and true: today's environment generally features yesterday's challenges. (Property/Casualty: Selling Insight).	Fitch, Clyde		644