Articles from Best's Review (April 1, 2004)

1-63 out of 63 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
14,000 Cape Cod insureds to lose Andover policies.		Brief Article	93
A winning approach: communication, appreciation and support in the work environment clearly are important to agency employees.	Cunningham, Sharon		742
Allstate Insurance Co.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	89
American Superior Holding Co.		Brief Article	53
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	59
Best's rating changes.		Illustration	1826
Brand-name or in-house?			362
Centrally located: as consumers demand more services from auto dealers, insurers can become the key link in the new value chain.	Tewary, Ashish Kumar		1935
China's Ping an life seeks Hong Kong listing.		Brief Article	153
Chubb creates new marine operation based in New York.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	77
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co.		Brief Article	58
Coming up ... in May.			147
Could welding fumes be the next asbestos?	Green, Meg		473
Damage control: quick responses by restoration firms can reduce the number of expensive claims.	Bowers, Barbara		2686
Discovering cards: health insurers see magnetic-stripe and smart cards as the answer to high administrative costs and consumer satisfaction.	Chordas, Lori		2430
Drive-by rates: can pay-as-you-drive insurance attract good risks and gain insurers an environmentally responsible image?	Hagerbaumer, Christine		1447
Evan Greenberg to succeed Duperreault as Ace's CEO.		Brief Article	295
Finetre more than doubles annuity transactions through the Internet.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	223
Fraternal face-off: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, the largest fraternal benefit society in the United States, doesn't turn the other cheek when it comes to former agents allegedly violating noncompete agreements.	Green, Meg		1513
Frigid start.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	90
GE Commercial raises caps on some classes of policies.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	74
Good governance a priority: achieving effective corporate governance requires ceding real power to the board.	Stein, Robert W.		728
HCC to merge Lloyd's brokers launches underwriting unit.		Brief Article	118
Hitting potential hot spots: insurers are incorporating catastrophe modeling in underwriting individual risks.	Bowers, Barbara		1287
House approves ban on obesity lawsuits.	Kelly, Dennis	Brief Article	155
Improving the odds: security is on the minds of risk managers as they look for ways to minimize the risk to their physical operations and computer systems. Many are improving their insurance programs by tightening all aspects of security.	Green, Meg		4290
In the Spotlight *.			415
ING Group to close Argentina life business.		Brief Article	92
Insurance helps the cubs in trying to end the curse.	Goch, Lynna		575
Insurers in waiting: most insurers are biding their time as the new life insurance mortality table wends its way through the approval process, one state at a time, But when adoption reaches the magic number of 26 states--watch out.	Panko, Ron		2401
Judge approves Equitas asbestos settlement.	Kelly, Dennis	Brief Article	177
Learning from litigation: a directors and officers insurance expert cites more partnering between insurers and clients and shorter-term policies as among the changes necessary to excel in the current litigious environment.	Bowers, Barbara	Interview	3436
Life/health financial strength rating downgrades outpace upgrades in 2003.		Illustration	276
Looking for funds: variable-annuity writers consider their subaccounts to be the all-star team of the mutual-fund world, and they look carefully at performance, management and consistency to keep only the top players.	Panko, Ron		2902
Madrid bombings likely covered by terrorism pool.	Pilla, David		762
Mapping the frequent storms.			1461
Measuring success: to effectively manage sales, insurers first must be able to measure their success.	Hoeg, Gregory J.		715
Meetings.		Calendar	152
MetLife.		Brief Article	49
Minnesota regulators OK portion of St. Paul Travelers merger.		Brief Article	182
Nationwide Financial Services Inc.		Brief Article	64
New medical-malpractice RRG cleared by Florida regulators.		Brief Article	129
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.		Brief Article	47
One for all: a Customer Interaction Center, coupled with a smart customer strategy, provides insurance companies with improved service, streamlined operational efficiencies and higher revenues.	Clarke, Phil		1403
Personal choice vs. public policy.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	232
Poe Financial Group.		Brief Article	48
Progressive: tips to cross-sell.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	231
Reed Group offers network of physician review services.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	52
Rising from the ashes.			611
Risk-taking risk managers: whether it's jumping off a cliff or driving a race car, these two risk managers use their skills to manage exciting hobbies.	Green, Meg		622
Risky business: health-care risk managers are focusing more on the business side of organizations and assuming more responsibility for insurance.	Chordas, Lori		2308
Safe at home and away.	Whitney, Sally		377
SBLI USA mutual life lowers rates as incentive for sales.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	84
Scale and scope: thoughtful analyses of the industry indicate that the advantages of scale and scope economies are elusive and create minimal value.	Pieroni, William N.		660
Searching for health info is a growing online activity.	Chordas, Lori		505
Seller beware: insurance agencies that put themselves up for sale must understand the differences between being acquired by a bank, a publicly traded producer or another privately held agency.	Welsh, Charles R.		2312
State Farm Mutual Automobile cuts rates in 10 states.		Brief Article	128
Survey ranks Delaware Court as fairest.	Hillman, John	Brief Article	253
Survival techniques: insurance trades are reassessing and sometimes reshaping their presence in the industry in order to stay alive.	Kelly, Dennis		2923
The best defense: insurers should work with clients to reduce risks of sexual harassment claims.	Lambert, Arthur V.		758
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	82
The power of the plan: with a strategy in place, insurers, third-party administrators and independent adjusters can generate a rapid response to disasters.	Meyers, Rob		1452
Tracking the changes: rating errors in personal auto lines cost the property/casualty industry nearly $14 billion each year.	Finnegan, Daniel		749