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

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Aegon restructures U.K. life units.		Brief Article	125
AIG to pay $10 million civil fine due to SEC fraud investigation.		Brief Article	255
Alliance cuts staff; NAII merger still on.	Kelly, Dennis	Brief Article	69
Allstate Financial.		Brief Article	40
Allstate hikes advertising spending, signs on as college football sponsor.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	293
Arch Insurance Group.		Brief Article	76
Auto rates up 54% since 2000 says survey.	Kelly, Dennis		101
Axa Financial makes offer of $1.5 billion for MONY Group.		Brief Article	264
Becoming a contender: new leadership, tighter focus, financial restructuring and stronger underwriting have turned Safeco around and prepared it to compete with the major players.	Bowers, Barbara		6259
Best's rating changes.			1388
Chubb Corp.		Brief Article	113
Cigna settles class-action suit with physicians for $400M +.		Brief Article	261
Correction.			43
Dentists, Aetna settle lawsuit.		Brief Article	155
Drivers in mirror may think they are safer than they are ...		Brief Article	161
DWL.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	51
DxCG Inc.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	76
edocs Inc.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	55
Empowering the victims: insurers are dealing with a daily deluge of spam, and technology is one tool to help ward off the growing mounds of unsolicited messages.	Chordas, Lori		1678
European executives urge reinsurers to take control of their business.	Pilla, David		550
Finding favor: the industry is weathering reactions to this hard market remarkably well.	Stewart, Gordon		761
Finding the cure: although insurers don't typically target new prospects via e-mail, legal definitions of spam could affect communication with existing customers.	Chordas, Lori		1395
From decision to paperless in less than 90 days, with 40% improvement.			697
Gearing up: insurers are using driver safety programs, sharply focused advertising and the Internet to court teen drivers.	Goch, Lynna		16276
Health premiums take big jump for employers.	Suszynski, Marie	Brief Article	147
Health-care organizations look to RRG to lower costs.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	261
In Europe, liability coverage is insurers' biggest challenge.	Pilla, David		639
In the spotlight *.		Brief Article	137
Insurer gets license under D.C.'s new plan.	Grier, Chris	Brief Article	120
Insurers file $454 billion suit against al Qaeda, others.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief Article	281
Insurers will likely feel effects of rising Alzheimer's cases.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	239
IRC survey: homeowners support building codes' additional costs.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	270
Lifetime Income product offers unusual features.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	93
Line drive.	Harrington, Joseph S.		60
Manulife USA.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	56
Meetings.		Brief Article	160
Missing the forest for the trees: Sarbanes-Oxley focuses on the historical reporting process, when what's really needed is a hard look at key business and operating processes.	Stein, Robert W.		730
New risk exposure standards win approval by members of ACORD.		Brief Article	198
New York Life Insurance Co.		Brief Article	75
Not your father's insurance.	Whitney, Sally		356
Phoenix offers ordinary investors hedge-fund exposure.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	56
Planning ahead: while controversy and uncertainty about the estate tax rage, financial advisers can help small-business owners pass their assets on intact.	Panko, Ron		2737
Protecting the protectors: a new federal law is designed to encourage businesses to produce anti-terrorism technology by limiting their potential liability.	Green, Meg		1814
Prudential liberalizes underwriting guidelines.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	82
Putting up a good front: insurers, captives and buyers must fulfill specific responsibilities if fronting arrangements are to survive.	Curcio, William N.		2224
Remember the customer? Customers no longer want to wait to make a purchase. The life insurance industry must move faster to give customers what they want, or risk losing business.	Verzone, Ronald D.		773
Retooling the auditing process: an audit that is properly executed will capitalize on a great opportunity to improve.	Egan, Michael P.		733
Room for recovery: by understanding how vehicle characteristics impact their auto salvage rate of recovery, insurers can reduce claims costs.	Krempley, George D.		1685
Safe keeping: advance planning can protect the cash surrender values of life insurance policies when personal bankruptcy occurs.	Hansen, Kenneth A.		1875
Searching for a balance.	Englund, Eric		170
Spiking nursing home costs may hurt LTC insurance sales.	Panko, Ron		424
Strategic marketing technology: information technology is being used to take strategic marketing to the next level.	Landberg, Steven		646
Survey: most Americans don't use web to research, buy life insurance.		Brief Article	292
Taking cover: like most investors, insurers had a tough time during the bear market and struggle to find good investments now.	Panko, Ron		10039
Terror risk shifts to private sector.	Hillman, John	Brief Article	287
The co-sourcing solution: the changing environment makes it a top priority to optimize the activities of actuaries.	French, Doug		693
U.S. investment agency to offer terrorism insurance.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	233
Uncovering value: by using embedded value reporting, insurers can get a clearer picture of where they are making--and losing--profits.	Mueller, Hubert		2692
Underwriting and litigation top list of worries for insurance industry leaders.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	227
Variable annuity sales rise sharply.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	176
Watch your step: with careful risk management, insurers can succeed in employment-practices liability insurance, which is growing in volume and danger.	Voluck, Philip R.		1246
Zurich North America.		Brief Article	68