Articles from Best's Review (February 1, 2006)

1-73 out of 73 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A big step up: if the life settlement industry can make its business easier to understand, years of impressive growth could follow.	Panko, Ron		1829
A new vision: as agents and carriers recognize the underserved insurance needs of African-American and urban markets, competition for these groups is heating up.	Green, Meg		3163
A.M. Best indices: health insurance stocks led the way in 2006.	Lehmann, R.J.		420
A.M. Best Special Report: U.K. Life Industry Shows signs of stabilization.		Brief Article	62
AD&D coverage for business travelers.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	80
AmerUs launches single-premium products.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	79
Aon Consulting.		Brief Article	71
Assured Guaranty Ltd.		Brief Article	40
At your service: service-oriented architecture is a tool for the adaptive enterprise.	Saporito, Patricia	Column	733
Best's insurance stock indices.			271
Best's rating changes.		Illustration	1772
Best's year-end stock summary.		Illustration	354
Covering the unthinkable: in today's world, no insurance package is really complete without terrorism insurance.	Egan, Michael P.		766
Diagnosis: expect growth spurt: Poland leads health insurance modernization among the former Soviet satellite states.	Kearney, Hank		1755
Digital evidence changes the litigation landscape.	Chordas, Lori		460
Digital rescue: how three insurers used technology to solve underwriting problems, including speed, pricing and accumulation of risk.	Chordas, Lori		1875
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.		Brief Article	82
Environmental claims: excess/umbrella carriers may have to clean up after government-mandated orders.	Bozeat, Jennifer M.	Column	708
Esis Inc.		Brief Article	42
Few insurers have appetite for coal-mining risks.	Dankwa, David	Interview	797
Follow the leader: as Wal-Mart and other mega-employers offer health savings accounts, some industry experts believe it's only a matter of time until more companies jump on the HSA bandwagon.	Chordas, Lori		2284
FPIC Insurance Group Inc.		Brief Article	61
Gecko, Duck make the grade.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	91
Health Net to acquire Universal Care's Plan assets in California.		Brief Article	141
Helpful duck.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	128
Henrikson looks forward to leading MetLife in New Era.	Amato, Keith	Brief Article	233
Holistic risk management: agents and brokers offer services to help consumers deal with a changing world.	McElwee, Andrew		739
Illustrations of life: Norman Rockwell's contract with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. led to 81 pieces of art.	Panko, Ron		546
Insurance Services Office Ltd.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	67
InsureMe debuts blog for affiliates.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	86
Insuring the intangible: electronic intellectual-property exposures are growing rapidly for companies and businesses, while new technologies and practices also may put individuals at risk.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2028
Investment assessment: a look back at how property/casualty insurers' investment strategies have fared since 1999.	Major, Richard		2331
JobTarget.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	73
Learn more.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	73
Life Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America.		Brief Article	67
Life insurers near accord over redundant reserves.	Lysiak, Fran Matso		340
Marsh and McLennan Cos.		Brief Article	60
Max Re Capital Ltd.		Brief Article	66
Medical breakthrough: Dr. David Brailer is moving the goal of electronic health records for most Americans, along with a national health information technology infrastructure, closer to reality.	Chordas, Lori	Interview	1817
Meetings.			141
Montpelier Re, investors launch Blue Ocean in Bermuda.		Brief Article	109
Nationwide makes a first-time splash.	Goch, Lynna	Brief Article	118
New business margins--top 5 insurance groups weighted average.			15
New business mix within the top four U.K. Life Insurance Groups.		Brief Article	24
New York Life Insurance Co.		Brief Article	72
Nothing to lose but chains: rather than allow ourselves to stagnate at a time of great opportunity, we underwriters must become more involved.	George, Hank	Column	659
OnlineBenefits Inc.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	54
Preparing for Roth 401(k)s.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	156
Preparing for the worst: a two-pronged disaster management plan requires preparation and practice in responding to natural and man-made perils.	Niederfringer, Alan	Column	761
Producing results: producer lifecycle management can improve recruiting, contracting and appointing agents.	Nero, Robert A.	Column	1621
Regulator yearbook: the 2006 Insurance Commissioners.		Directory	6024
Report examines 2005 European floods.	Dankwa, David	Brief Article	237
Retirement coaches: as Americans fret about their post-career lives, insurers see big opportunities to help.	Panko, Ron		2033
SBLI of Massachusetts is Centrian Life in Connecticut.		Brief Article	142
SBLI USA streamlines whole life issuance.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	70
Searching for a cause: adjusters struggle to find out whether wind or flood produced Katrina's devastation.	Cornejo, Rick	Cover Story	3070
Snapshot.	Panko, Ron	Illustration	61
Status quo vs. change: unraveling the knots in the current health-care system will require strategies bigger than any single enterprise.	Irwin, Gil		725
Super regulator at work: United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority adjusts to its broadening role.	O'Connor, Robert		1855
SUVs no safer than passenger cars for kids.	Green, Meg	Brief Article	278
The Association of Fire and Casualty Companies.		Brief Article	64
The Principal Financial Group.	Chordas, Lori	Brief Article	43
Top U.K. Life companies--market shares.		Illustration	49
Transamerica adds four ULs.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	77
Underwriting discipline evolved from art to science.	Wiest, Joseph		476
UnitedHealth-PacifiCare merger receives approvals with some federal modifications.	Lysiak, Fran Matso		543
Virginia ponders regulation.		Brief Article	80
W.R. Berkley Corp.		Brief Article	36
W.R. Berkley Corp.		Brief Article	95
W.Va. workers' comp insurer formed one day before mine explosion.	Cornejo, Rick		566
Weathering change: insurers must realize that the 2005 mega-storms were not an anomaly, but a harbinger of things to come.	Coyne, Frank J.	Column	668
WellPoint completes $6.5b purchase of N.Y.'s WellChoice.		Brief Article	103
Wind or flood?	Whitney, Sally		372