Articles from Best's Review (March 1, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
37 catastrophes hit in '08.	Hemenway, Chad	Brief article	111
A century of learning: the institutes: celebrating 100 years of an academic approach to the practice of insurance.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer	Organization overview	523
A.M. Best's stock indexes.		Company rankings	338
Back to the drawing board: why do living benefit guarantees in variable annuities now cost more and protect less?	Panko, Ron		2071
Beaming up the 'Biggest Trekkie'.		Brief article	203
Bermuda-based Maiden Insurance says its U.S. subsidiary has acquired the reinsurance operations of GMAC Insurance.		Brief article	92
Best's Review's stats & numbers.		Brief article	86
Bond of a guarantee: the risk of a broken promise may have far-reaching consequences.	MacDonald, Robert W.		533
Breaking new ground: Alabama's captive plan aims to lower homeowners premiums in coastal areas and improve state tax revenues.	Panko, Ron		1605
Capital matters: access to new capital in 2009 will become more difficult and expensive in the current economic climate.	Jones, Marc		1506
Captive domiciles.			2062
Career wise.	Moran, Tom		309
Changing course: economic hard times will alter the health benefits landscape for insurers, employers and workers.	Keller, Dave		1874
Cinematic stunts insurable via Web.		Brief article	96
Coalition files suit to block SEC indexed annuities rule.	Lehmann, R.J.		383
Committee issues 'Beach Plan' report.	Carr, Sean P.	Brief article	164
Consider options in retirement planning: even in or near retirement, there are ways to improve one's financial situation.	Fishbein, Robert		532
Contact me ... if you can: agents fell market's pull toward the often elusive online sales lead.	Slavin, Al	Cover story	2160
Data done right: a poor approach to data management is risky business.	Broaddus, Bill		508
European insurers face difficult '09.	Jones, Marc	Brief article	256
Fine tuning: more-accurate technology is helping risk managers ramp up service and build business.	Slavin, Al		1847
Follow the money: IT expenditures should be treated like any other investment portfolio.	Mohan, Sanjay; Nandiwada, Siva		1734
Insurance jobs.		Statistical table	292
Job shifts: former AIG employees now with other insurers.		Brief article	256
Long-t[ERM] goals: insurers with fully deployed enterprise risk management programs avoided the brunt of the financial crisis.	Horgan, Paul	Survey	1907
Looking for trouble: with litigation rising, insurers advise companies to shore up their liability defenses.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer	Survey	1636
Lured by improved prospects in the international energy and construction markets, New York-based Navigators Group Inc. has created a London-based unit to coordinate the underwriting of this big-ticket business.		Brief article	84
Making the best of bad times: in an economic downturn, insurance carriers can help solve customers' problems so they're ready to compete in the next upturn.	Pozzi, Steven R.		503
Matching patterns: understanding how the costs for medical treatments change over time can lead to better forecasts.	van der Heijde, Mary		1000
Medical Mutual of Ohio.		Brief article	88
Meetings.		Calendar	168
Monster trucks bring monstrous liability.	Green, Meg	Brief article	243
Multiple choice: should global employers standardize their employee benefits packages?	Chordas, Lori		1728
NAIC chief executive excited at role during 'historic time'.	Carr, Sean P.	Brief article	222
Nationwide insurance recently hired.			109
Optum expands record-sharing.		Brief article	105
Protective measures: parents with special-needs children turn to life insurers to provide for their kids' lifelong financial requirements.	Lysiak, Fran Matso		1586
Rating actions.		Statistical table	993
Remember the in IT: information and technology are meant to be equal partners.	Josefowicz, Matthew		631
Rescissionist history: a recent court decision clarifies when an insurer can rescind a policy.	Darras, Frank N.		529
Sales leads in 2009.	Goch, Lynna		346
State Farm to quit Florida residential P/C business.	Hemenway, Chad; Ackerman, Alyn		333
Steering through choppy waters: successful carriers learn to avoid distractions--such as the faltering economy, litigation trends, and perhaps their own hubris--to focus on the tasks at hand.	Ewing, Lance		557
Swiss Re product backs self-insureds.		Brief article	98
Test run: U.S. life insurers must assess how their products measure up to a single reporting system for financial performance, risk and capital.	French, Douglas A.; Freedman, Mark J.		1400
Tournament of roses.		Brief article	183
Ulrich Wallin is to succeed Wilhelm Zeller as chief executive of German reinsurer Hannover Re and its subsidiary, E+S Ruckversicherung.		Brief article	122
Upgrade starts for Web tool.		Brief article	126
What Do You Know? Experienced employees often outshine even the brightest raw recruits.	Cunningham, Sharon	Column	530
Zurich Financial Services Group.		Brief article	82