Articles from Best's Review (September 1, 2008)

1-73 out of 73 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A Creative Insurance Marketing Co.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	126
A history lesson in insurance screening: a cancer marker being proposed for screening life insurance applicants could be a wolf in sheep's clothing.	George, Hank		502
A more e-ffective strategy: maintaining an outdated Web site is no way to attract today's customers.	Roper, Kevin		1326
A new cornerstone.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	215
Aiming for fair and accurate: a conflict of interest must be considered in judicial review. But how?	Darras, Frank N.		583
AIR models risks to rigs.		Brief article	172
American International Group Inc.		Brief article	122
Aon Corp.: Damien Guermonprez.		Brief article	117
Assessing strength.			438
Assurant offers deductible credit.		Brief article	92
Atradius.		Brief article	83
Beating the system: insurers may be able to overcome legacy problems by using the 'agile' approach.	Sohigian, Dave		1336
Beerli to retire, Stefan Lippe named deputy CEO and COO at Swiss Re.	Jones, Marc	Brief article	170
Bell leaves Alabama post.	Carr, Sean P.	Brief article	93
Between the lines: the economy has hurt life insurance-linked securities and monolines, but spared property-cat products.	Dankwa, David		784
Big opportunities: banking still holds untapped growth potential for insurers.	Radwan, Sam		1673
By the numbers: recreational injuries.		Brief article	99
Canopius Group Ltd.		Brief article	114
Career wise.	Landberg, Steven		361
Chapter 1: Financial health.			3975
Chapter 2: Best's credit ratings.			3766
Chapter 3: Highly rated insurers.		Report	2216
Chapter 4: Analysis techniques.			8211
Chapter 5: Industry leaders.			1749
Clarifications.		Correction notice	184
Conseco Inc.		Brief article	98
Credit concerns hit captives' portfolios.	Dankwa, David	Brief article	161
Critical injuries: bodily injury liability insurers need protection against unseen risks in Medicare Set-Aside settlements.	Bersoux, Henri		1213
Cycle management: tough act to follow.		Brief article	155
Department of Insurance.		Brief article	100
Doctor's orders: this physician-owned medical malpractice insurer stays healthy by keeping active.	Carr, Sean R.		2662
Foreign policies: some U.S. life insurers have opened for business elsewhere, and find growth comes with many challenges.	Panko, Ron		1776
Genworth joins growing list of GIC probe-linked defendants.	Lehmann, R.J.		323
Getting real with real time: direct writers conduct business 24/7 on the Internet, but is agency automation up to speed?	Chordas, Lori		2060
Grow together.	Chordas, Lori	Website overview	178
Harleysville Group Inc.		Brief article	81
Hawaii MSA will offer health online.		Brief article	122
High-tech prep: disaster planning tools keep agents open for business even after catastrophes strike.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		1638
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.		Brief article	106
In excess: traditional insurers and other firms want to partake in fast-growing specialty lines.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2127
Insurance jobs.		Statistical table	269
Kingsway Financial Services Inc.		Brief article	148
Know your way around a claim: a few techniques can help move claims meetings along and result in success.	Ewing, Lance		557
Learn to live a lighter life: State Farm helps more than half a million Americans create healthier, longer lives through The 50 Million Pound Challenge.	Chordas, Lori		509
Lessons learned: no train, no gain: though times are tough, it's smart to keep your staff primed for the rebound.	Woods, Shirley		531
Loss reserving: a fresh look: the difficulty in setting reserves and the risk of insolvency are just two of the many reasons to revisit reserving.	Coyne, Frank J.		526
LTC policy offers flexibility.		Brief article	91
Meetings.		Calendar	202
Money matters.	Goch, Lynna	Editorial	317
NAIC posts receivership web page.	Carr, Sean	Brief article	86
National Association of Insurance Commissioners.		Brief article	108
New directions: unimpressive results cause disability insurers to try different growth tactics.	Panko, Ron		2208
New Erie CEO looks to enhance group's reputation for success.	Hemenway, Chad	Brief article	219
New program helps advisers.		Brief article	155
Oil companies' risks grew in '08.	Jones, Marc	Brief article	131
Olympic-size risks.		Brief article	93
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Co. leads as the AMBG declines -23.12% year-to-date.			586
Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc.		Brief article	102
Prudential, Standard Chartered extending partnership in Asia.	Jones, Marc		261
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.		Brief article	107
Quote/unquote.		Quotation	86
Rating actions.			1456
Solvency II could offer advantages: companies may find opportunities in this integrated approach to risk management.	Dyer, Robert		522
Swiss Re announced a big life insurance acquisition in the United Kingdom, even as it disclosed a double-digit drop in second-quarter profit.		Brief article	89
Take a lead: insurers should start preparing for the Model Audit Rule that will debut in 2010.	Croarkin, Ken; Sullivan, Kevin		1438
The cost of regulation: U.S. insurers pay $1.5 billion for states to regulate them. Outcomes vary widely.	Lehmann, R.J.	Cover story	3711
The simple truth: what happened to selling life insurance?	Verzone, Ronald D.		544
The young and restless: saddled with living expenses, student loans and credit card debt, few young adults consider health insurance a priority.	Chordas, Lori		2160
U.S. life results by line in 2007: total U.S. life industry grew 5.4%: Swiss Re slips from second to third in ordinary life business in force, while AIG climbs from second to first place in credit life in force. ING surges from 19th to ninth place in term life business issued and Prudential drops from second to 11th in group life business issued.	Brown-Klinger, Stephen		5433
Vacant-property insurance sales go through the roof.	Hemenway, Chad	Brief article	256
Wildfires: bigger, costlier, on the rise.		Brief article	145
Willis Group Holdings.		Brief article	93
Worlds apart: competitive reality, not regulatory requirements, is bringing the integrated economic model to the United States.	French, Douglas A.; Hughes, Michael		1574