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

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A burning question: as the suburbs sprawl even farther, homeowners insurers are adding new factors into their underwriting consideration.	Bowers, Barbara		4360
A business leader in technologist's clothing: Barbara Piehler focuses a career of life insurance management experience into building new technology at Northwestern Mutual.	McDonald, Lee		829
A glass half full: as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act approaches its first anniversary, demand for terrorism insurance is low, but industry experts say the backstop is bringing capacity and stability to the marketplace.	Green, Meg		5896
A price to pay: health plans are discovering accreditations bring the added responsibility of clinical outcomes and the possibility of medical malpractice claims.	Kearney, Hank		1620
A question of conscience.	Whitney, Sally		348
Ace Ltd.		Brief Article	83
Arch Capital Group Ltd.		Brief Article	39
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.		Brief Article	58
Battling rising prices: increases in costs of key components in claims drive price indexes for the property/casualty industry's major business lines.	Roe, Jacob D.		1470
Benfield opens site in China.		Brief Article	120
Best's rating changes.			1555
Blackout might force businesses to consider cyber-risk coverage.	Green, Meg		189
Blues enrollment reaches record high.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	126
Business continuity solutions for insurance.			625
By the numbers.		Brief Article	109
Cigna Pharmacy Management.		Brief Article	30
Cincinnati Financial Corp.		Brief Article	26
Clarification.		Brief Article	71
Coming of age: arbitration--the reinsurance industry's method of settling contract dispute--is no longer effective and needs an update.	Cloutier, Mark B.		1967
Coming up ... in October.			159
Concentration of risk: direct writers of group insurance could gain competitive advantages from better understanding the risks of disasters where they can cause the most harm.	Rasmussen, Erik		699
Correction.		Brief Article	37
Critical transfer: brokers should advise self-insured clients to carve out organ-transplant coverage to keep medical-benefits costs healthy.	Mueller, Stephen		1387
Doing the right thing: insurers struggle endlessly to balance their commercial interests with their role in meeting basic social needs. What needs to happen for them to succeed?	Noonan, Brendan		6254
EFusion 2003: insurance-driven technology: September 28-30 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Philadelphia.			1156
ePolicy Solutions Inc.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	69
Exclusions, 'time deductibles' to spare insurers from big blackout claims.	Lehmann, R.J.		326
Focusing on value: there is an optimal level of risk that maximizes a firm's shareholder value.	Panning, William H.		744
Highway safety: insurers win some, lose some.	Green, Meg		493
In the spotlight*.		Brief Article	153
ING Advisors Network offers top marketing ideas.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	94
Insurers oppose regulation of call centers in New Jersey.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	290
Is ImageRight in your 2004 budget? It should be.			592
J2EE: the great communicator.	Goch, Lynna		831
John Hancock Life Insurance Co.		Brief Article	57
Like the real thing: insurers are testing the mettle of prospective agents and producers by putting them through evaluation simulations.	Ades, Kim		713
Meetings.		Brief Article	126
Mercury General allowed to use insurance scores in N.J.		Brief Article	167
Nationwide financial.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	54
New group products lead surge in work-site marketing.	Panko, Ron		359
No doubts: insurers that have formed Mutual Holding Companies are finding value in their restructuring and say it's a decision they wouldn't change.	Chordas, Lori		2141
Old world meets new world through Websphere.	Green, Meg		1026
One or the other or both: in the battle between J2EE and .NET, insurers must determine which platform best fits their needs.	Chordas, Lori		384
OnePointCity.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	50
Pay as you go: utility computing helps insurers reduce costs by paying only for the services they need when they need them.	Chordas, Lori		2938
Prudential Technology helps win retirement-plan contracts.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	61
Reaching out: insurers need to match technology with agents' needs.	Suszynski, Marie		563
Realities of risk.	Law, Timothy	Brief Article	104
Reeling in the .NET.	Chordas, Lori		820
Report highlights questions to application service providers.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	185
Return policy: sales of variable universal life insurance have been down for more than two years. A healthier stock market and new product guarantees may mean a rebound.	Panko, Ron		7624
Safeco exits California homeowners market.		Brief Article	160
Scandal, stocks standards dominate global seminar.	Pilla, David		612
Staying competitive: business process outsourcing is helping insurers drive value for core processes.	Altiero, Samuel F.		712
Survey reports fraud hits one in three companies.		Brief Article	263
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	52
The Sarbanes-Oxley solution: new corporate governance standards redefine directors and officers liability.	Royster, George D.		2709
TIAA-CREF.		Brief Article	58
To a future of good health: health plans are learning that predictive modeling, a mainstay of property/casualty insurance, can help them set more accurate rates and reduce costs.	Bowers, Barbara		4698
Translating the vision.	Hillman, John		894
Travel policy claims based on cause.	Suszynski, Marie	Brief Article	104
Utilities' insurers exposed to BI claims.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	111
What's the score? By using a distribution profit & loss statement, companies can ensure their management teams are using the same rules to keep score.	Berry, Richard K.		678
Writinq for differences: multilayered underwriting is a tremendous advantage to agents, insurers and policyholders.	Blades, Judy		779
Zurich North America small business.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	70