Articles from Best's Review (June 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A necessary step.	Bernaski, Rebecca		136
A powerful voice: insurers are discovering cost savings and increased functionality from Voice over Internet Protocol service.	Ouimette, Gates		527
A practical fix: pension and Social Security woes can be mended.	Panko, Ron		364
A.M. Best adds total returns to insurance stock indexes.			848
AARP has signed a new agreement with Aetna Inc. to provide individual insurance plans targeted to the pre-retiree market.			39
Ace USA, a division of Ace Group of Companies, has formed a new practice that will concentrate on private equity groups and strategic mergers.			58
ACORD.	Chordas, Lori		67
Actuary urges life insurers to reach middle market.			279
Arch: management liability cover lacking.	Green, Meg		174
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.			197
Assured Guaranty Corp.			58
Back to the future.	Goch, Lynna		381
Best's rating changes.			897
Best's Review's annual corporate changes 2006: all companies listed are U.S. life/health or property/casualty insurers. Changes occurred in 2006, unless otherwise indicated.			8492
Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee.			56
Blues, docs reach $128m settlement in class-action suit.	Lysiak, Fran Matso		189
Builders Insurance Group.			49
Campus crusaders: risk managers are re-evaluating and, in some cases, updating emergency preparedness plans in the wake of recent school shootings.	Chordas, Lori		2702
Congressmen use triple crown stage to push jockey insurance.	Lehmann, R.J.		214
Contingency plans: with the supplemental commissions some insurers are paying, agents can tell clients upfront what they will be paid for producing the business.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2433
Corner office, risk managers see international risk differently.	Green, Meg		476
Countrywide Insurance Group.			47
Cover helps towns reclaim revenue.	Panko, Ron		89
Customers of Hagerty Insurance Agency and Hagerty Classic Marine Insurance Agency--specialists in placing coverage for classic boats and automobiles--will have access to insurance products offered by Onebeacon Insurance Group, under a strategic alliance struck with the personal lines insurer.			69
Discretionary debate: state insurance regulators are increasingly invalidating discretionary clauses, finding such provisions violate specific state insurance laws.	Darras, Frank N.		544
Embracing diversity: companies that create an all-inclusive atmosphere run the risk of improving their outlooks, their products and ultimately, their sales.	Ewing, Lance		552
ePrescribe Florida.	Chordas, Lori		52
Farmers Insurance.			39
Fireman's Fund covers breach.	Panko, Ron		89
First Floridian Auto & Home, a subsidiary of St. Paul Travelers Co., said it has informed its independent agents.			34
Florists' Mutual discloses loss of customer, claimant records.	Chordas, Lori		497
Front of mind.	Chordas, Lori		223
Generali, Czech Group in East Europe venture.	Jones, Marc		288
Haier New York Life Insurance Co, Ltd.			69
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.			40
Heading for the coasts: 105 coastal strikes in 55 years. Yet construction and insurers' liability continue to rise.	Green, Meg	Cover story	2684
Highmark Blue Shield.	Chordas, Lori	Website overview	66
Islamic-approved insurance growing around the world: because conventional insurance doesn't meet Islamic standards--takaful is the answer.	Panko, Ron		596
Leadership has its benefits: some employers see financial perks as a way to attract and retain good executives, while some boards of directors are re-evaluating offerings to key personnel.	Chordas, Lori		2382
Learn more.	Panko, Ron		63
Liberty Mutual Agency Markets.			70
Liberty Mutual's buy of Ohio casualty could trigger more insurance mergers.	De Martini, Tom		352
Life insurers urged to create 'new paradigm' for retirement plans.			142
LTC benefits paid rise three-fold.	Panko, Ron		156
Lyndon Oliver to lead product development initiatives in Japan.	Bernaski, Rebecca		208
Markel American Insurance Co.	Chordas, Lori		45
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire U.S. Specialty Underwriters Inc.			33
Meetings.		Calendar	151
N.J. could be hit hard by tornadoes.			402
NASD notice affects design, sales of products.			289
National Flood Insurance Program growing.	Dankwa, David		181
New deal: insurers are finding innovative ways to spread risk to capital markets and investors.	Green, Meg		1458
New Orleans port continues to seek insurance proceeds.	Dankwa, David		180
Ocean marine, cargo underwriters turn tide.	Dankwa, David		171
Ochenkowski named president.			79
One lump or two?	Chordas, Lori		189
Onebeacon Insurance Group.			64
Politics pose greatest risk to international business, trade.	Dankwa, David		280
Prudential adds to withdrawals.	Panko, Ron		85
Put out a Web welcome mat: making the most of a Web site not only draws potential clients, it can create new business opportunities.	Cunningham, Sharon		498
Putting your health where your mouth is: the connection between dental and overall medical wellness cannot be ignored by insurers.	McConeghey, Theresa		1820
Quote/unquote.			207
Risk concentrations and ERM programs: some group life companies lag in assessing risks from a terror attack in a small area.	Swanson, Eric		507
Risk managers face economic, environmental impacts.	Green, Meg		273
Risk managers urged to plan for pandemic.	Green, Meg		249
RiverSource debuts survivor product.	Panko, Ron		91
Signs of life: variable universal life insurance, down in sales for five consecutive years, scored a gain in premium growth in 2006, helped by new product designs providing guarantees.	Panko, Ron		2091
Specialty commercial insurer Delos Insurance Co has created an excess and surplus lines subsidiary.			77
State universal health plans grow.	Barrett, Eleanor		727
Step by step: project management is the instruction manual companies use to get from initiation to completion of IT ventures.	Chordas, Lori		2305
Study: future of industry driven by consumer perception, competition.			243
Suitability scrutiny: a Minnesota lawsuit may influence how insurers sell deferred annuity products to senior citizens.	Pursell, Thomas		1360
Surviving longevity: as people live longer, the United Kingdom is creating a market for pension-to-annuity swaps.	Simpson, Philip		1745
Swiss Re Group.			72
The hows and whys of Gen X benefits: savvy companies know a strong benefits package is key to attracting and retaining this particular generation of employees.	Leopold, Ronald S.		446
The right medicine: how the Medicare Set-Aside business is curing workers' compensation insurers' regulation headaches.	Simpson, June		1277
Top quality service: think your clients are thrilled with your service? Think again. Then react.	Egan, Michael P.	Interview	581
Travelers: medical devices need product liability protection.	Green, Meg		226
Unum recently announced a partnership with ESPN that involves the sole sponsorship for the "Injury Report" that runs during the network's Major League Baseball programming.	Chordas, Lori		101
White House contenders Romney, Dodd, Clinton, lead in insurance donations.	Lehmann, R.J.		694
Who is advising Baby Boomers.	Panko, Ron		72
Willis CEO unwavering on rejection of supplemental broker compensation.	Dankwa, David		376
Willis Group Holdings Ltd.			101