Articles from Best's Review (May 1, 2004)

1-64 out of 64 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A balancing act: attaining the correct loss reserve level requires knowing how much to save today to pay claims in the future.	Ross, Gail M.		936
A ruling in the cards: an insurer's duty to defend can be stretched only so far.	Rutkin, Alan S.		722
A welcome reprieve: auto rates are leveling out as claims volume shrinks.	Lehmann, R.J.		739
Accelerated growth: competition among companies vying for a piece of the private-passenger auto market is heating up.	Green, Meg		3552
AIG defends its terror insurance pricing.			356
AIG joins Dow Jones Industrial Average.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief Article	225
Allmerica Financial Corp.		Brief Article	47
Allstate agents ask judge to reconsider 'tender back' order.		Brief Article	320
An untapped resource: risk management services provided through employment practices liability insurance can head off employee lawsuits.	Brodzinski, Carrie		745
Aon: terrorism is dampening business confidence globally.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	213
Asleep at the wheel.	Green, Med	Brief Article	204
Athletes among targets of AIG's new products.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	244
Best's Rating Changes.			2096
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.	Chordas, Lori		85
By the numbers.			253
Chubb unveils print ad campaign.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	207
Clarifying claims: independent, public and staff--do insurers really need all these adjusters?	Bowers, Barbara		4143
Companies picked to offer new drug card.	Grier, Chris	Brief Article	167
Covering summer games in Athens proves an Olympian task for insurers.	Pilla, David		628
Defensive moves: assessing whether to try or settle a bad faith lawsuit involves many factors with much at stake for various parties.	Briggs, William H., Jr.		2072
Doctor-owned insurer gains Florida license.		Brief Article	123
End of a tradition: Lloyd's plan to move to U.K. GAAP and then to International Accounting Standards promises to bring transparency to a traditional market that is now dominated by corporate interests.	O'Connor, Robert		2111
Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd.		Brief Article	49
Farmers settles Texas mold case with policyholder Ballard.		Brief Article	72
Insurers and agents move toward a real-time revolution.			504
Learning on the job: education and dedication to sound underwriting will foster success in hard and soft market conditions.	Medvidofsky, Dave		741
Marsh Inc.		Brief Article	42
Meetings.		Calendar	152
MetLife launches venture with Chinese Company.		Brief Article	210
Money-back guarantee: variable-annuity writers have rejuvenated their products by protecting buyers from the dark side of the markets.	Panko, Ron		3069
Mortality expectations and exceptions.	Klein, Al	Brief Article	303
Moving IT forward: insurers' new business/technology partnerships drive information technology investments.	Chordas, Lori		3696
New hybrid life policies tackle VUL problems.	Panko, Ron		444
Open for business: ever so slowly, China's market takes shape as regulatory rules solidify.	Pilla, David		2798
Opinions, theories differ in terror rate setting.			370
Outside opinion: with greater accountability being demanded in the business world, independent underwriting auditors can help life insurers find problems and pass scrutiny.	Margules, Howard		1129
Packing the portfolio: portfolio management allows IT operations to be measured from a business process-centric perspective.	Ouimette, Gates		699
Priced to sell: some well-capitalized physician-owned mutuals keep competitors at bay with aggressive pricing strategies.	Forray, Susan J.		2162
Professional Data Management Again In. and American Fidelity Assurance Co.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	74
Protecting the stone: Jewelers Mutual Insurance finds a gem in tough security measures.	Hillman, John		733
Protective life joins airline's Mileage program.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	139
Prudential closes the deal for Cigna retirement business.		Brief Article	112
Right attitude and right customers.	Wright, Edward G.	Letter to the Editor	242
Safeco sells life unit at a loss to focus on P/C.		Brief Article	268
Selling the stream: life insurers are raising new capital by selling projected cash flows as an investment package.	Silverman, Stuart		1717
Senate GOP fails to pass malpractise bill.	Grier, Chris	Brief Article	266
Shopping around: AgoraRe.com offers life insurers and reinsurers an online marketplace for facultative reinsurance.	Chordas, Lori		1302
Sizing up: managers need to measure costs and revenue to gauge the importance of size and scale in distribution.	Berry, Richard K.		715
St. Paul Travelers augments Global Companion product.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	240
Structured-settlements business booms for MetLife.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	96
Study: combining insurances can save time and money.	Green, Meg		443
Study: obesity threatens life underwriting.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	286
The actuary's role.			540
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	77
The long haul.	Whitney, Sally	Editorial	391
The other soft market: real estate in the City offers a window on the London market.	O'Connor, Robert		489
Top index annuity writer adds product.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	90
Transfer of Blues licenses cleared in WellPoint merger.		Brief Article	64
U-shaped curves: teleunderwriting's many advantages can be undermined if underwriters consistently overstep prudent boundaries.	George, Hank		664
U.S. Life Insurers say Japan's Kampo must stop WTO violations.	Grier, Chris		305
Unusual suspects: companies best known for selling stocks or issuing credit cards are making inroads into the life insurance marketplace through selling and manufacturing life and annuity products.	Green, Meg		3286
USAA.		Brief Article	41
USAuto Holdings Inc.		Brief Article	36
Willis Group Holdings Ltd.		Brief Article	52