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

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Cavemen' premieres.	Chordas, Lori		201
10 meetings you don't want to miss.		Calendar	229
2006 Canadian life industry investments.			119
60 years later, a new credential.			233
A clear case: DNA technology can verify medical claims.	Gillis, Bruce S.		1701
A fresh approach: a little TLC goes a long way when selling LTC products to younger prospects.	Riekse, Thomas H., Jr.		1766
A tale of two tables: product development by life insurers this year has been influenced by an unusual choice: two mortality tables.	Panko, Ron		2322
A.M. Best hosts Ad Summit.	Chordas, Lori		85
A.M. Best's stock indexes.			424
ABI presses for action on flood protection.	Jones, Marc		374
Access Plans USA Inc., a distributor of health insurance plans across the United States, said it plans to buy the discount medical plan unit of Protective Life Corp.			67
Accounting for growth: thee 2008 NAIC budget estimates nearly $2 million more in revenues than expenses, but foreign travel and salary costs are up.	Dankwa, David		3059
Admitted assets.			42
Aetna Inc. plans to acquire Goodhealth Worldwide, a managing general underwriter of international private health insurance.			30
Aircraft.			52
All auto.			25
Allied lines.			31
Allstate Insurance Co.			54
An insurance primer.			347
Aon Consulting Worldwide.			333
Aon corp. subsidiary Aon Consulting Worldwide said it has acquired Conrad & Sons Risk Specialists Pte Ltd.			26
Arctic adventure: attorney Bill Stewart journeyed to the great, green North to see how people are coping with climate change.	Green, Meg		558
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is acquiring BIS Insurance Services Inc., located in Sacramento, Calif.			36
Asbestos & environmental.			125
Asia: an evolving market.			119
Asset distribution.			204
Assets.			13
Assets.			30
Assets.			22
Austria's Vienna Insurance GROUP has entered the Albanian insurance market by buying a majority interest in Albanian insurer Sigma.			66
Auto.			23
AXA Equitable Life Insurance.			74
Axa Group said it reached an agreement with Bao Minh Insurance CORP. to establish a strategic partnership in Vietnam's insurance market.			70
Barring further complications: starting next year, Medicare no longer will cover certain hospital-acquired conditions. Will private plans follow suit?	Chordas, Lori		2183
Being there: with catastrophes on the rise, clients need their brokers more than ever.	Mascali, Arnold		439
Bermuda: a thriving industry.			205
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans.			38
Boiler & machinery.			18
Broker Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Island Risk Management Associates Inc.			21
Broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs is acquiring Banc of America Corporate Insurance Agency, a segment of Bank of America.			40
Brought to you by ...	Goch, Lynna		303
Burglary & theft.			40
Bye-bye, PMI.			40
Capital & surplus.			35
Capital & surplus.			20
Capital & surplus.			43
Catastrophes.			43
Catlin Group Ltd.			74
CEO: profitability is within sight for broker Integro.	Dankwa, David	Brief article	287
Cigna Group Insurance names Woolf chief medical officer.	Williams, Jonathan		245
Commercial lines continue to soften.	Green, Meg		281
Commercial Multiple Peril total.			27
Commercial property.			41
Commissioners take action.	Fry, Kate		104
Connecting with the customer.			280
Conseco Worksite.	Chordas, Lori		124
Consumer advocates: modelers aid price collusion.	Lehmann, R.J.		339
Coventry Health Care Inc. completed its acquisition of the parent company of Vista Healthplans.			24
Covered from head to toe: can you pick out these famous figures from the crowd at right?			217
Credit accident & health.			20
Credit life.			35
Credit scores strike out in mass.	Hemenway, Chad		341
Credit.			29
Dutch insurer ING Group N.V. has completed the sale of its Belgian broker and employee benefits subsidiary to Belgian insurer P&V Verzekeringen.			45
Earthquake.			50
Earthquakes.			190
Erie Insurance Group.			60
European risk controls fall short, Aon says.	Jones, Marc		252
Excess & surplus.			119
Farmowners multiple peril.			36
Federal flood.			36
Fidelity.			35
Filling in the gaps.			194
Financial controls.			232
Financial guaranty.			47
Financial.			123
Fire.			24
Fiscal fitness.			310
Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings.			56
Florida re-enacts no-fault auto law.	Hemenway, Chad		361
Fool's gold: focusing on top-line growth at all costs can be a terrible mistake.	MacDonald, Robert W.		563
Global playbook: globalization and integration are helping insurers achieve business goals.	Bisker, Jamie		527
Group accident & health.			37
Group annuities.			71
Group life.			81
Group life.			25
Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC.			67
Here to stay: insurance-linked securities prove durable through the subprime crisis.	Jones, Marc		955
High alert: insurers are covering high-end vacation homes by stepping up their risk management techniques.	Green, Meg		6595
Hitting home ... and business.			140
Hitting the ceiling: regulators are considering raising the cap on foreign direct investment in India's life insurance sector.	Britt, Thomas M., III; Sidharth, Bhasin		1797
Homeowners multiple peril.			34
House extends PMI tax deductibility.	Lehmann, R.J.		294
Humana Inc. has agreed to buy KMG America Corp., a Minnesota-based voluntary insurance benefits provider and third-party administrator, for $187.7 million.			30
Hurricanes.			178
Hylant Group.			81
Individual annuities.			72
Individual life.			38
Industrial life.			35
Inland marine.			53