Articles from Best's Review (February 1, 2005)

1-64 out of 64 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A clearer understanding: the underserved market for breakdown coverage is small, nonmanufacturing businesses.	Giannone, Anthony J.		779
A higher policy: a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling protects insurers from covering the illegal deeds of their homeowners policyholders.	Bergman, Ira		1053
A profound change: the SMART bill's most far-reaching change may be preemption of state approval of rates.	Pearson, Nick		745
A silver lining: Sarbanes-Oxley compliance may reveal hidden dividends for insurers.	Sarich, John		1615
A.M. Best study: life/health impairments relatively rare from 1976 to 2002.		Brief Article	78
Ace to boost reserves, sell A&E runoff.	Pilla, David		221
Affirmative Holdings buys nonstandard auto assets.		Brief Article	99
AIG Specialty Workers' Compensation.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	34
Annuity payout tax relief has limited backing in Congress.	Panko, Ron		347
Axa Distributors LLC.		Brief Article	37
Bankers Life and Casualty Co.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	46
Battle of the Blues: round 2: three years after their separation, Highmark and Capital BlueCross are holding their own in a healthy--but spirited--competition.	Chordas, Lori		2278
Best's rating changes.			1821
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	80
Chubb Group launches travel protection for rich.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	65
Citizens and Hanover Insurance Cos.		Brief Article	37
Commerce sues regulator over assigned risk.		Brief Article	158
Correction.		Correction Notice	36
Covering the bases: universal life policies with guaranteed death benefits are driving the market, but the bigger trend may be that life writers are broadening their product lineups.	Panko, Ron	Cover Story	3153
Directors & officers premiums fall in first slide since '99, study shows.			523
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	73
End of an era: after beginning his career 34 years ago in Farmers Insurance Group's claims department, CEO Martin D. Feinstein is retiring.	Lysiak, Fran Matso	Interview	1143
Ending the global disconnect: over-the-phone interpreters help insurers bridge language barriers.	Chordas, Lori		611
Expert: 4 principles at heart of effective advertising.	Goch, Lynna		427
Finding the good life: life reinsurers enjoy the prospect of fresh business opportunities in the United States and elsewhere as more life insurance is sold to older policyholders.	Chordas, Lori		1903
Fiserv Insurance Solutions.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	65
Funding the inevitable: the California Earthquake Authority appears ready for the big one.	Bowers, Barbara		2188
Ga. regulator orders refunds to soldiers.	Lysiak, Fran Matso	Brief Article	103
Glimpsing the future: emerging technologies bring insurers a competitive advantage.	Sieber, Glenn A.		709
Harleysville Group Inc.		Brief Article	67
Hartford Steam Boiler sells identity recovery to insurers.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	44
Identity crisis: independent agents must make their brands known to grow their businesses.	Bowers, Barbara		2429
Increased technology spend helps with competitive edge.	Chordas, Lori		493
Insolvency company characteristics (1976-2002).		Illustration	66
Kentucky's AIK Comp stopped writing policies as of Jan. 1.			129
Life insurance in 2005: Sternberg criticizes no-lapse pricing and assesses the political landscape.	Panko, Ron		1703
Marsh & McLennan Cos.		Brief Article	39
Meetings.		Calendar	143
MetLife Inc.			30
Nationwide, Volkswagen team up for program.	Goch, Lynna		200
Opening the door to a lawsuit: employment practices risks also apply to homeowners who hire domestic help.	McElwee, Andrew		746
Pay the piper: as the Superfund Trust fund runs out of money, will the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency become more aggressive in pursuing the insurers of bankrupt polluters to pay the hefty expense of cleaning up toxic waste sites?	Green, Meg		2146
Primary causes of L/H impairments.		Illustration	54
Prognostication elevated: models based on numerical weather prediction are being used to generate potential losses from winter storms.	Dailey, Peter		1499
Quote/unquote *.	Bryant, Stephanie		146
Regions Financial Corp.			41
Resolving insolvencies: reinsurers are thrust into a difficult position when a cedent becomes insolvent.	Sonnett, Sharon		2162
Retooling auto: the science of automobile insurance ratemaking is benefiting from modeling advancements.	DiBella, Joseph P.		1787
RLI Transportation launches commercial auto business.		Brief Article	86
Selling insurance to soldiers.	Peavy, Lanny	Letter to the Editor	188
Seniors more likely to seek advice after their retirement.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	170
St. Paul Travelers unveils imported-products cover.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	56
State Farm settles O.T. suit; more adjuster cases in line?	Lysiak, Fran Matso	Brief Article	321
Taking leave: California's new paid family medical leave act could be copied in other states, opening the door for insurers to expand their leave administration services and develop new income replacement products.	Green, Meg		2584
The five P's of underwriting: those who would underwrite life applicants need to keep learning, work with partners, and maintain their integrity.	George, Hank		739
The need to know: insurance companies face a challenge to meet the demands for greater transparency at the point of sale.	Berry, Richard K.		657
The place to be: insurers are beginning to participate in the merging of marketing and entertainment--product placement.	Goch, Lynna		1267
The quantitative imperative: new analytical techniques require new talent. Companies can choose to leapfrog the competition or be left behind.	Stulgaitis, Paul		693
Tsunami devastation slows claims-adjusting process.	Pilla, David		723
Two insurers have announced new ways to protect retirement.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	102
Vermont licensed 43 captives in 2004.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	75
Watch out for ringers.	Whitney, Sally		363
Wausau streamlines coverage for restaurants.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	60
Willis Group Holdings Ltd.		Brief Article	46