Articles from Best's Review (March 1, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A No-Name market?: Lloyd's faces a struggle in breaking its three-century embrace with private capital. (Industry Strategies).	Noonan, Brendan		2672
A remedy for rising drug costs: Health insurers can mitigate the ever-increasing cost of prescription drugs with careful attention to business. (Life/Health).	Cain, Gary	Brief Article	764
Acordia Inc. (Web News You Can Use).		Brief Article	73
Airline captive may be formed in second quarter. (Briefing).		Brief Article	179
AMS Services Inc., a provider of insurance software and services based in Windsor, Conn. (Web News You Can Use).		Brief Article	108
At your service: With new technology costing millions of dollars, insurers are turning to application service providers. (Technology).	Goch, Lynna		2538
Banding together: Regional insurers are forming alliances to upgrade technology and grow their businesses. (Technology).	Goch, Lynna		1734
Berkshire Life Offers Disability Product for Home Businesses. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	70
Bermuda bound: Bermuda is quickly becoming crowded with new insurers, which will need strong management, good underwriting and a little luck to reap long-term success. (Cover Story).	Hilgen, David		2847
Best's Rating Changes. (Ratings).		Statistical Data Included	2408
Blues review: Blue Cross & Blue Shield plans find conversion to for-profit status fraught with red tape. (Life/Health).	O'Brien, Sharon		1860
Books. (Resources).		Brief Article	101
By the numbers: World insurance growth. (Briefing).		Brief Article	307
Changing with the times: Insurers, now aware of their vulnerability when insuring high-profile institutions, are forced to be more selective in the risks they accept. (Property/Casualty).	Blades, Judith A.	Brief Article	751
Consumers are driving change: the economic climate is right for defined-contribution health plans, a change that will create new strategic issues for insurers and providers. (Life/Health).	Knott, David	Brief Article	723
Correction.		Brief Article	19
Crash tests show improved sport-utility vehicle designs. (Property/Casualty).		Brief Article	218
Customers--the greatest asset: Building a strong customer base takes more than a sales mentality; it requires an operational approach. (Property/Casualty).	Sherman, Sallie	Brief Article	723
Educational courses. (Resources).		Brief Article	114
Equity-indexed annuity sales unfazed by market volatility. (Life/Health).		Brief Article	581
Executives.			1209
Facing the future: Cost controls, customer service, niche marketing and integrated financial services head the list of strategic concerns for life insurers. (Life/Health).	Zimmer, Ron		1776
Federal prosecutors close case against Quackenbush. (Briefing).		Brief Article	129
Get with the program: Insurers and managing general agents in program business have one eye trained on underwriting results and the other on the hard-hit reinsurance market. (Property/Casualty).	Bowers, Barbara		3735
Hancock Introduces Plan for Small-Business Owners. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	84
Hartford, Conn.-based Travelers is implementing an electronic bill presentment and payment option. (Web News You Can Use).		Brief Article	69
Ice storms strike New York, Midwest. (Briefing).		Brief Article	232
Identity indemnity: Insurers are launching coverage for one of the fastest-growing white-collar crimes--theft of personal information and the use of it to make fraudulent purchases. (Property/Casualty).	Panko, Ron		3649
Immediate variable annuity sales take off. (Life/Health).		Brief Article	262
Insurance regulators unveil consumer complaint Web site. (Technology).		Brief Article	293
Insurers go for gold--and green--with ad spots during Olympics. (Property/Casualty).	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	815
L.A. residents paid the most for new life policies in 2000. (Life/Health).		Brief Article	213
Lincoln Financial Launches Suite of Variable Annuities. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	43
Lloyd's calls for $795 million. (Companies).		Brief Article	140
Meetings.		Brief Article	175
MetLife, AT&T skirmish over ads. (Companies).		Brief Article	124
Mold seminar: Insurers must respond to risks. (Property/Casualty).		Brief Article	316
Moving on: Several former insurance commissioners have parlayed their experience into new opportunities. (Industry Strategies).	Panko, Ron		6094
Now showing: Hollywood's portrayal of insurance receives mixed reviews. (Industry Strategies).	Chordas, Lori		3078
Phico is placed in liquidation. (Companies).		Brief Article	76
Phoenix's First-to-Die Product Can Insure Up to Five. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	92
Principal Addition to Aid Employee Retention. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	98
Questionable conclusions. (Comment).		Brief Article	573
Quotesmith.com acquires Insure.com. (Technology).		Brief Article	197
Regulator rebuffs anthem in takeover of Kansas Blues. (Companies).		Brief Article	197
Replacing humans with machines: the insurance industry has begun to leverage artificial intelligence to cut costs and improve efficiency. But technology will never completely supplant human reasoning. (Technology).	Ahmed, Asif	Brief Article	710
Step right up: In the competition among health plans for popularity and enrollment growth, PPOs are attracting bigger crowds. (Life/Health).	Chordas, Lori	Statistical Data Included	4364
Survival of the fittest. (Editor's Prologue).		Brief Article	324
Taking a bite out of profits: Dentists are no longer offering insurers deep discounts in exchange for patients, so carriers must devise new ways to compete for employers' business. (Briefing).	Panko, Ron		1185
Texas Governor scrutinizes top homeowners insurers. (Briefing).		Brief Article	61
TIAA-CREF Enters Another Term Market. (New Products and Services).		Brief Article	56
Unfolding the layers: Terror expenses may follow the Y2K path, with most insureds likely to accept terror prevention as a cost of doing business. (Property/Casualty).	Rutkin, Alan S.	Brief Article	754
UnumProvident ordered to pay $7.6 million in disability lawsuit. (Companies).		Brief Article	186
Zurich's CD products identify threats. (Property/Casualty).		Brief Article	188