Articles from Best's Review (July 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
4 online selling myths: people who shop for insurance online like agents, too.	Pickles, Jamie		1318
A personal response: homeowners insurers are adding identity theft coverage to policies.	Long, Dawn		1225
Ace USA.		Brief Article	70
Adjusters group to write E&O coverage for members.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	85
AIG seeks to clear the air with restatements.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	230
Allstate Corp. names Wilson new president and COO.	Cornejo, Rick	Brief Article	257
Allstate retools its standard policy.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	93
An evolutionary process: evolving CIO leadership requirements combine business strategy and technology savvy to drive growth and innovation.	Landberg, Steven		642
An explosive end: the days when commercial insurance could operate out of public view are over.	Stewart, Gordon		767
AON Corp.		Brief Article	61
Back to basics: after experiencing huge losses and court battles, Aetna is rebounding by focusing on customer service, prompt claims payments and mending relationships with physicians.	Chordas, Lori	Company Profile	2842
Best's rating changes.			2579
By the Numbers: growth forecast in Middle East, North Africa.		Brief Article	233
Calls for a cure: with flexible schedules and ergonomic accommodations, companies can curb high absenteeism at their call centers.	Bowers, Barbara		2036
Capitalizing on captives: domiciles for what may be the quietest, cleanest and least-visible industry are spreading through the United States.	Panko, Ron		2727
Captive domiciles: captive domiciles, which are usually formed through enabling legislation, must be prepared to take on the tasks of oversight and regulation.		Illustration	1619
Conseco Inc.		Brief Article	44
Critical Illness, cancer products.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	215
Gas additive may raise cleanup costs of spills.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	164
Get emotional: reaching out to consumers' feelings is the key to successful insurance marketing.	Goch, Lynna	Interview	1326
Giant U.S. health writers expand with push into individual market.	Lysiak, Fran Matso		737
Global broker Marsh will retain its business units.		Brief Article	103
Gotcha: persistence pays off for insurance fraud investigators.	Bowers, Barbara		556
Hall of fame Golfer Juli Inkster.		Brief Article	72
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.		Brief Article	56
Housing stock: some life insurers are investing in funds that finance or develop affordable urban housing.	Fried, Michael J.		1161
Hungry hedge funds: known for employing unusual and creative types of investments in their quest for profitability, hedge funds have set their sights on reinsurance.	Green, Meg		2635
ING joint-venture life insurer expands in China's capital.		Brief Article	119
Integro Ltd.		Brief Article	37
Interest grows in online auto insurance quotes.	Chordas, Lori		753
Is it or isn't it? Recent court cases are exploring the definition of advertising on the uncharted terrain of the Internet.	Bergman, Ira		1968
It's theoretical: a ruling holds that the period of restoration is the time that it should take to rebuild.	Mindlin, Frederic R.		789
Leading developments.	Whitney, Sally	Editorial	376
Lloyd's annual report echoes familiar themes.		Brief Article	145
Maintaining a safety net: there's a growing trend in the use of predictive analytics as an answer to intensifying competition.	Coyne, Frank J.		725
Medex offers emergency help.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	74
Meet Mister Mouse.		Brief Article	175
Meetings.		Calendar	135
NAIC advances greater disclosures for small-face-amount life insurance.	Barrett, Eleanor	Brief Article	278
Net premiums written, top property/casualty writers, United States--2004.		Illustration	2083
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co.		Brief Article	67
New York Life Insurance Co.		Brief Article	76
Nonstandard automobile markets growing amid stiffer competition.	Cornejo, Rick		477
On the benefits fringe: legislation designed to help small businesses provide affordable health insurance has detractors who say it will cause more problems than it could solve.	Green, Meg		2411
On the storm front: although Florida's neighboring states have suffered a fair share of hits, none has established a hurricane catastrophe fund.	Bowers, Barbara		2440
PacifiCare teams with Costco.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	80
Parliament passes EU reinsurance directive.	Pilla, David	Brief Article	101
Post-retirement riddle: insurers are missing an opportunity to expand their current focus on growing savings to include managing income during retirement.	Speer, Eric W.		676
Raid on the competition: agencies readily admit they recruit good producers from competitors as the talent pool shrinks.			732
Recruiting centers: quality marketing tools remain key to recruiting and retaining successful insurance sales professionals.	Macchia, David A., Sr.		1115
Rewards and risk: simple criteria can identify a corporate culture that focuses on risk as well as return.	Panning, William H.		746
Safeco expands BOP offering.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	63
Safeco.		Brief Article	46
State Farm sparks 'technological arms race'.	Cornejo, Rick	Brief Article	267
Study: millions of U.S. drivers don't know rules of the road.	Green, Meg		538
Swiss re reorganizes to focus on growth, capital markets.		Brief Article	140
The governance gap: governance improvements are incomplete without effective controls over all the business risks a life insurer faces.	Stein, Robert W.		739
Top life writers by admitted assets, United States--2004 (1): rank is based on admitted assets for 2004.		Illustration	2199
Travelers ads support agents.		Brief Article	95
Two for one: some people won't buy long-term-care insurance because they may never need it. For them, a life policy that accelerates the death benefit for LTC payments may be an alternative.	Panko, Ron	Cover Story	3286
U.S. life/health companies: how to contact the top 25 life and health insurers based on admitted assets.		Directory	481
U.S. property/casualty companies: how to contact the top 25 property/casualty insurance companies based on net premiums written.		Directory	495
Variable Annuities.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	150
Why people buy life insurance.		Brief Article	51
Willis Re.		Brief Article	82
Zurich Financial Services Group.		Brief Article	153