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

Title	Author	Type	Words
30-year level premiums resurface in term life. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	154
A+ for college cash: changes in the rules for 529 college savings plans are drawing some big life insurers into the business. (Life/Health: 529 College Savings Plans).	Panko, Ron		7242
ACLI unveils life reinsurance data hub. (Technology: Technology Notes).		Brief Article	286
Aetna offers stop-loss disability plan to self-insured employers. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	150
Aftermarket parts battle moves to Ill. high court. (Briefing).		Brief Article	114
AIG offers new D&O coverage. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	263
Appetite control: new HIAA chairman says Americans need to be weaned from their love of cheap health care. (Life/Health: Health-Care Costs).	Kelly, Dennis		772
Bankruptcy Court clears WorldCom-AIG surety deal. (Briefing).		Brief Article	274
Benefits Institute pessimistic about defined-contribution plans. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	118
Best's Rating Changes. (Ratings).			5018
Brown haze a potential threat to climate. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	230
Building a better model: Enron's downfall should alert directors and officers writers that their underwriting models must be accurate, up to date and effective for their entire policy portfolio. (Property/Casualty: Directors and Officers).	Duca, Christopher		1597
By the numbers. (Briefing).			282
Capitalizing on components: new, integrated component-based software helps insurers cut costs, bring products to market faster and support a customer-focused orientation. (Technology: Technology Insight).	Hollander, David P.		718
Church Mutual urges background screening. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	210
Conseco Inc. (Executives).		Brief Article	99
Credit Suisse pumps 2 billion francs into Winterthur. (Companies).		Brief Article	136
Doing the right thing: now more than ever, the insurance industry needs to be a model of corporate ethics. (Property/Casualty: Underwriting Insight).	Nau, James R.		761
E-mail use in marketing requires discipline. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	213
Getting it right the first time: the push is on for health-care insurers to use information technology to make claims processing more accurate and less costly. (Technology: Claims Processing).	Bowers, Barbara		3783
Insurers change direction in shifting Japanese market. (Briefing).	Pilla, David		881
IVANS launches Quick Start Remote Access. (Technology: Technology Notes).		Brief Article	232
Land of opportunity: industry insiders are optimistic about the potential of Latin America despite recurring economic crises. (Industry Strategies: Latin America).	Pilla, David		1681
Lessons from Japanese auto makers: product architecture offers a solution for the insurance industry's poor productivity gains. (Life/Health: Selling Insight).	Nallicheri, Narayan		788
Life in the public eye: newly demutualized life insurers adjust to the glare of shareholder scrutiny.	Gorski, Lorraine	Cover Story	3945
Meetings.		Brief Article	150
More than a number. (Comment).		Letter to the Editor	361
Nationwide completes conversion, merger of Provident Mutual. (Briefing).		Brief Article	251
New England Financial adds fee-based planning. (Life/Health: Marketplace).		Brief Article	158
Not all roses, but still sweet. (Editor's Prologue).		Editorial	357
Pay now or pay later: the dwindling number of master underwriters and the industry's lack of commitment to developing them pose a grave threat to insurers. (Life/Health: Underwriting Insight).	George, Hank		701
Penn Treaty resumes LTC sales in Florida. (Briefing).		Brief Article	101
Prudential Financial considers sale of property/casualty line. (Companies).		Brief Article	209
Raising America's LTC IQ: insurers must teach their clients the benefits of planning for long-term care early, as well as the consequences of waiting. (Life/Health: Long-Term Care).	Perry, Scott		1378
Share and share alike: corporations can create savings incentives by the way they allocate the cost of risk internally. (Property/Casualty: Risk Management).	Rousmaniere, Peter		1935
Shelter from the storm: while a sharp increase in the frequency of small weather-related events has many large carriers retrenching in the homeowners line, smaller insurers generally are faring well in this market. (Property/Casualty: Homeowners).	Bowers, Barbara		5820
Southern exposures. (Industry Strategies: Latin America).	Velazquez, Dan		1362
Stirling Cooke Brown changes name to AlphaStar. (Companies).		Brief Article	85
Study finds fundamental changes in work-site market for insurance products. (Property/Casualty: Marketplace).		Brief Article	263
Swift justice: insurers can cut legal claims costs by streamlining the decision-making process that determines whether to settle or proceed to trial. (Industry Strategies: Litigation).	Applestein, Donald		2071
Terrorism models can help insurers. (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Notes).		Brief Article	247
The matter of data: a recent court decision rejected the notion that damage to information stored on computers is insured as "property damage". (Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk Management Insight).	Rutkin, Alan S.	Column	703
The ultimate niche: USAA's commitment to serving only people connected to the military, and its unusual structure and sales strategy, set it apart from the rest of the insurance industry. (Industry Strategies: Company Profile).	Chordas, Lori	Company Profile	5781
Tried and true: today's environment generally features yesterday's challenges. (Property/Casualty: Selling Insight).	Fitch, Clyde		644