Articles from Best's Review (May 1, 2003)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A time for self-promotion: underwriters play a central role in the life-insurance business, but insurers may not fully recognize their value. (Life/Health: Underwriting Insight).	Ingle, Douglas A.		749
Agents seek changes to client lists laws. (Briefing).	Kelly, Dennis	Brief Article	128
AIG renames auto division. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	160
All Risks Ltd. (People in Insurance).		Brief Article	83
Annuity & Life Re (Holdings) Ltd. (People in Insurance).		Brief Article	94
Best's rating changes.			2710
Building credibility: five insurance technologists discuss project management, the Internet, legacy systems and other challenges, plus their evolving role in the industry. (Cover Story: Information Technology).	Whitney, Sally		3102
Claims busters: Plymouth Rock's mobile claims adjusters mix technology with a personal touch to keep costs down while making customers happy. (Property/Casualty: Claims).	Bowers, Barbara		5325
Companies form foundation to promote college savings plans. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	197
Eyes on India. (Technology: Global Outsourcing).	Chordas, Lori		2966
Faces of the industry: a new multimedia gallery of the Insurance Hall of Fame honors insurance leaders from around the world. (Industry Strategies: Leadership).	LaCorte, Suzanne		1511
Fear of SARS not covered by travel insurance. (Briefing).	Chordas, Lori		373
Filled to the brim: while workers' compensation insurance pools have grown rapidly in the past two years, they are still nowhere near the crisis levels reached more than a decade ago. (Property/Casualty: Workers' Compensation).	Green, Meg		5087
Fitting the bill: technological advances have made the elusive target of electronic bill presentment and payment for group bills an attainable goal.	Lang, Ron		1754
Guardian plan to protect retirement plan contributions. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	103
Health emergency: universal health care could be crafted to save the nation money and give insurers a major role. (Life/Health: Universal Health Care).	Panko, Ron		3032
High Court limits punitive damages in an appeal of State Farm decision. (Briefing).	Hillman, John		665
In the spotlight *. (Comment).			426
Institute: new SUV designs decrease automobile passenger crash deaths. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	251
Insurance industry and the U.S. economy. (By the Numbers).		Illustration	431
Leading the way: insurers are looking to employees with good leadership skills to face current market challenges with confidence. (Property/Casualty: Underwright Insight).	Nau, James R.		741
Left holding the bag. (Life/Health: Self-Insured Health Plans).	Kearney, Hank		2629
Liberty Mutual opens umbrella market. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	182
Meetings.		Brief Article	149
Movable coverage: successor coverage may be narrower than successor liability. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Insight).	Rutkin, Alan S.		630
New federal LTC program attracts 265,000 applicants. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	258
New York Life Rider offers extended death benefit. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	46
Next survivor show? Industry associations are competing against each other for membership and prestige and must refine their focuses to stay afloat. (Life/Health: Selling Insight).	Goff, William N., Jr.		747
Philosophy meets function: agency principals must translate operating philosophy into job design and workflow processes. (Property/Casualty: Selling Insight).	Daigle, Lloyd		720
Playing hard ball: independent agents are taking advantage of the hard market to grow their businesses through referrals, retentions, focused marketing and some in-the-field underwriting. (Industry Strategies: Agents).	Bowers, Barbara		3266
Power house: utility computing can lend itself immediately to providing business benefit. (Technology: Technology Insight).	Ouimette, Gates		770
Princeton Insurance Co. (People in Insurance).		Brief Article	62
Regulations for Segways vary from state to state. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	216
Royal Marine Insurance Group. (People in Insurance).		Brief Article	46
SARS hits Asia-Pacific economies. (Briefing).	Pilla, David		549
St. Paul Cos. expands Kidnap & Ransom product. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	296
Study names top 529 plan Web sites. (Technology: Technology Notes).		Brief Article	249
Study: Tokyo is riskiest city. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	227
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund. (People in Insurance).		Brief Article	37
The IT hat trick. (Editor's Prologue).		Editorial	383
The mighty duck: Aflac is boosting sales and name recognition with its ubiquitous duck, and now the marketing icon is also reaching audiences in Japan. (Life/Health: Marketing).	Chordas, Lori		3790
TIAA-CREF adds to level-premium term lineup. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	65
U.S. Chamber poll: Delaware courts best. (Briefing).	Kelly, Dennis	Brief Article	88
Under treatment: as oncologists struggle with the traditional process of charging patients for chemotherapy medication, insurers are offering their own cure for the situation. (Life/Health: Medical Costs).	Green, Meg		3507
Zurich doubles its sales for e-commerce policies. (Technology: Technology Notes).		Brief Article	212