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

Title	Author	Type	Words
A matter of time: exceptions made to preferred pricing may present life insurers with an unwelcome surprise: poor underwriting results.	Hillman, John		1293
A whole new world: as U.S. companies increase international investing, political risk insurers take advantage of new coverages and new markets.	Green, Meg		2771
Advancing the agenda: under ACLI's Keating, life insurers are looking for big changes on Capitol Hill.	Grier, Chris		1188
Age of anxiety.	Whitney, Sally		379
AIG sole insurance player in super bowl XXXVIII.			410
Amity offers policies for affordable housing units.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	82
Applying the brakes: the march to conversion and consolidation by Blues plans has slowed considerably, and some are finding solace in remaining a nonprofit.	Chordas, Lori		3291
Argonaut Group Inc.		Brief Article	58
Beat the spread: workers' compensation results will produce a wide berth between winners and losers. Here are 10 steps to take to be on the right side.	Greig, Russell H.		2188
Best's Rating Changes.			1399
Big, better, best? Even as some insurers gain national size through mergers and acquisitions, competition is still a local battle.	Green, Meg		3923
Building a better mousetrap: product enhancements, including guaranteed benefits or rates, and education about immediate annuities point to increased sales.	Panko, Ron		1127
CCH Insurance Services.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	54
Channel surfing: the search for the most effective means of distribution is taking life and annuity insurers in myriad directions.	Bowers, Barbara		2748
Chubb's asbestos charge might spur reserving run.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief Article	260
Claimant distribution by ownership--United States.		Brief Article	71
Consumers driving change: consumer-directed health plans are here to stay and are growing into a major force in the industry. Insurers must act now to capitalize on the wave of change.	Bessler, Joni		713
Corporate trends likely to ignite increasing pressure on D&O market.	Pilla, David		775
Corporate-owned life policies saved by senate.	Grier, Chris	Brief Article	98
D&O premiums spike in 2003.		Brief Article	72
Depend on disclosure.	Brownson, Robert D.	Letter to the Editor	169
Dude, where's my insurance?	Green, Meg		370
Easy pass: recent trends in competition and carrier contracts have blurred the distinction between captive/career and independent agents.	Bowers, Barbara		1588
Enabling profitable growth: agent portals need to help agents grow as well as lower operating costs.	Landberg, Steven		715
Endurance specialty forms unit to coordinate platforms.		Brief Article	71
Expansion plans: brokers with a solid client base of small businesses may find health a natural extension.	Farwell, Blair		2159
Extreme weather patterns pose greater insurance risk.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	284
Fighting back: if insurers and corporations act now, they may stem the plague of silica and mixed-dust claims.	Coyne, Frank J.		785
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.		Brief Article	39
Fortis builds new business model for voluntary employee benefits.		Brief Article	266
Fortis buys Japanese equity unit of German-owned group.		Brief Article	73
GE Commercial Insurance launches cover for Masonic Associations.		Brief Article	91
GE's new insurance unit files for IPO.		Brief Article	174
Guide to best's financial strength ratings.		Illustration	839
Health plans to lower premiums with new federal medicare funds.	Suszynski, Marie		361
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.		Brief Article	60
Into the future: as the year unfolds, many potential sources of loss loom on the horizon.	Stewart, Gordon		758
Iroquois Group reaches out to community banks.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	136
Liberty Mutual Group.		Brief Article	42
Life at a Crossroads: the life insurance industry, beset by long-standing problems, looks for solutions and new opportunities.	Panko, Ron	Industry Overview	849
Making IT's 'to-do' list: adequate resources are a growing concern.	Chordas, Lori		1257
Manulife USA.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	43
MassMutual gives life policies to working parents.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	285
Median total premium by business class.		Brief Article	101
Meetings.		Calendar	152
Nationwide at center of e-mail privacy ruling.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	271
On speaking terms: the Kinnect platform, which allows trading partners' existing systems to communicate with each other, made its first connection this year, and anticipates many more.	Chordas, Lori		2334
Prevalence of D&O liability insurance by survey year.		Brief Article	55
Rand study and insurers agree: obesity causes disabilities.	Green, Meg		712
Reaching the uninsured: uncomplicated limited-benefit plans can provide basic, straightforward coverage to workers with low-to-moderate incomes.	Lehmann, George		743
Report: strategic IT initiatives give insurers leading edge.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	217
Rest of the story: Paul Harvey, Bankers Life & Casualty reunite.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	192
RLI Corp.		Brief Article	34
School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science.		Brief Article	66
Study: professional liability claims up.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	214
Tackling call blockers: a decline in sales rates traced to the new Do Not Call law is expected to continue for at least a year for companies depending on the pre-existing business relationship exemption.	Jackson, Don		2740
The changing world of life products.			1645
The numbers game: can insurers learn anything useful from baseball? Absolutely.	Panning, William H.		729
Travelers Property Casualty Corp.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	65
UnitedHealth is remaining in the individual line.		Brief Article	156
Unwelcome guests: although anti-virus software, firewalls and other protective measures are helping companies protect against computer-related attacks, some insurers believe security is an even greater concern to companies today.	Chordas, Lori		2659
What producers want: few agencies contract with only one or two carriers. A recent survey sheds light on the reasons for this practice and on how carriers can gain an advantage over competitors.	Panko, Ron		2607
Who's really at fault?	Ford, William Clay, Jr.	Letter to the Editor	315
Zurich.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	63