Articles from Best's Review (February 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"PMI, TRIA, S-CHIP all the way": Congress, Bush in holiday mood.			667
A textbook example of handling risk.			506
A.M. best's stock indexes.		Statistical table	465
Ace Ltd. is acquiring the high-net-worth personal lines business of the Atlantic Cos., the Bermuda-based insurer said.			36
ACORD task force targets tools.		Brief article	100
American Financial Group Inc. said it plans to become the majority shareholder in Market-Form Group Ltd.			44
American International Group Inc.		Brief article	135
Antoine Issa named CEO of Allianz Saudi joint venture.	Pilla, David	Brief article	193
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.			23
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.		Brief article	65
Atlantic Mutual.		Brief article	31
Auto insurance ad spend explodes.	Chordas, Lori	Statistical table	56
Best warns insurers.	Fry, Kate		101
Best's Review's Top News Stories of 2007: events and trends over the past 12 months have set the stage for insurers in the coming year.			2700
Better visibility: predictive modeling helps to steady medical malpractice underwriting.	Karls, Chad C.; Anderson, Paul D.		1927
Bridging the generation gap: voluntary benefits and supplemental plans are replacing one-size-fits-all group coverage in America's multigenerational workplaces.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2248
By the numbers.		Brief article	140
By the numbers: long-term-care costs rise in 2007.			73
CNInsure Inc. said it agreed to acquire the remaining 45% stake in Fujian Xinheng Insurance Agency Co. Ltd. that it doesn't already own.		Brief article	41
Congressman revives plan to permit interstate sales of health insurance.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief article	271
Conseco Inc.		Brief article	60
Conseco names new president to succeed retiring Dubes.	Williams, Jonathan	Brief article	219
D&O policy launched.		Brief article	168
Employers get new Web tool.		Brief article	55
Europe's hidden danger: potential quake losses climb beyond what most European governments can afford.			1431
Exporting growth strategies: to successfully recruit agents and customers in India and China, U.S. insurers must adapt their domestic strategies.	Radwan, Sam	Brief article	239
Fair conduct laws are anything but Washington becomes the newest state where insurers stand to be fleeced.	Handler, Michael D.		527
Florida included in wildfire risks.		Brief article	149
Food for thought: from injuries to food-borne illnesses, the restaurant industry is ripe for insurance products and risk mitigation services.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		4310
Former Ren Re, praetorian execs launch underwriter.	Carr, Sean P.	Brief article	274
Fortis (Insurance, U.K.).		Brief article	50
Friends Provident Plc.		Brief article	43
Get the message: several insurers are moving slowly to text messaging to communicate with customers and employees.	Chordas, Lori		2451
Getting to know you.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	212
Going up: insurers are reaching middle-income Americans with new term life products that have sent sales soaring.	Panko, Ron		1957
Great American Insurance Group.		Brief article	67
Guardian insures teeth whitening:.		Brief article	92
Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC.		Brief article	82
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is acquiring Sun Life Retirement Services (U.S.) Inc. from the U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. Terms of the agreement.			44
Health insurance top priority.		Survey	61
Heath Lambert Ltd.		Brief article	50
Hiscox warns U.K. companies on Manslaughter Act.	O'Connor, Robert	Brief article	272
IMAS session highlights.			498
ING adds critical illness product.		Brief article	66
Ironshore.		Brief article	67
Jackson launches new living benefits.		Brief article	73
Kingsway Financial Services Inc.		Brief article	60
Leaders of the PAC: Clinton and Romney lead their parties in industry contributions.	Lehmann, R.J.	Statistical table	1167
Liberty Mutual Group.		Brief article	123
Life reinsurer expands in Europe.		Brief article	53
Lockton.		Brief article	57
London broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc launched Thistle Underwriters Ltd. to provide underwriting services to JLT clients.		Brief article	51
Looking ahead: even affluent women worry about the cost of long-term care.	Connolly, George I.	Survey	568
Markel launches flood program.		Brief article	112
Marsh.		Brief article	74
Meetings.		Calendar	166
Metrics management: to improve performance in a soft market, smart insurers are measuring what matters.	Saporito, Pat		497
MGA launches online quotes.		Brief article	47
Montpelier Re.		Brief article	102
Munich Re: 2007 catastrophes point to climate change impact.	Pilla, David		530
New annuity helps overcome changes.		Brief article	55
Online access with doctors.		Brief article	165
P/C execs at odds with NAIC over federal role in providing catastrophe reinsurance.	Ackermann, Alyn	Conference news	503
Partnerre Ltd.		Brief article	85
PWS Holdings Plc.		Brief article	57
Quote/unquote.			270
Rating actions.			1405
Regulator yearbook: the 2008 insurance commissioners.		List	6689
Shake it up: how a snow-globe approach could help the life insurance industry.	Verzone, Ronald D.		538
Shelter from the storm: derivative strategies can balance volatile investments.	Koster, Evan M.; Zakharchenko, Eugenia		2658
Slam dunk.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	213
Snapshot: judicial jurisdictions.		Brief article	81
The no churn zone: the bad news: technology lets customers leave at a moment's notice. The good news: they really don't want to say goodbye.	Phillips, Steve		1223
The whole truth concerning ERM: a holistic approach matches underwriting risk with financial and operational stragegies.	Coyne, Frank J.		493
Thinking ahead: a long-term-care insurer hopes a computer-based program helps outsmart dementia and Alzheimer's.	Chordas, Lori		607
Tiny particles, major concerns: Lloyd's examines nanotech.	Jones, Marc		517
Torchmark Corp., a Texas-based life and health insurance holding company, said it redomesticated two insurance subsidiaries, United American Life Insurance Co. and Globe Life and Accident Insurance Co., from Delaware to Nebraska.		Brief article	64
Value judgments: can insurers avoid the same traps that led to the subprime market crash?	Stein, Robert		541
What's the number?	Goch, Lynna	Editorial	365
Where the buck stops: facing lawsuits, unhappy customers and bad press, annuity writers revamp how, and to whom, they issue policies.	Panko, Ron		2217
Willis Group Holdings.		Brief article	95
XL Insurance Co. Ltd.		Brief article	49
Zurich.		Brief article	84