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

Title	Author	Type	Words
A home run.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	175
A new commitment: insurers can cut operational costs with green computing.	Goch, Lynna		1841
A special thank-you to our subscribers.			79
A.M. Best's stock indexes.		Statistical table	398
Accustomed cycles: reinsurers feel the soft-market squeeze.	Jones, Marc		1322
Aegon.		Brief article	80
Agents are customers, too: insurers should provide their field forces with the same top-notch service as their policy holders.	Callahan, Steve	Survey	2078
Amalgamated Life Insurance Co.		Brief article	90
American International Group Inc. has terminated its $730 million Bermuda-based sidecar Concord RE, which was set up to reinsure U.S. property risks written by AIG subsidiary Lexington Insurance Co.		Brief article	67
Backs to the wind: for prudent insurers, climate change means greater risks and bigger opportunities.	Packard, Stephen		2169
Batchelor to head operations in Europe, Africa and Middle East.	Pilla, David	Brief article	241
Berkshire Hathaway buys 3% stake, 20% of P/C exposure from Swiss Re.	Jones, Marc		468
Big results possible with small agencies.	Ewing, Lance		560
Brokers form group with ACORD.		Brief article	175
Building business: agents and brokers have a role in making the government more energy efficient.	Sandridge, Homer		527
California health reforms may come in pieces.	Carr, Sean P.	Brief article	230
Captive domiciles.			2050
Captive Resources LLC.		Brief article	88
Captives in paradise: regulators in the Aloha State are touting Hawaii's ultimate destination package: insurance haven.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		1809
CarInsurance.com adds new carriers.		Brief article	79
CEO and president still all in the family at Lititz Mutual.	Hemenway, Chad	Brief article	196
Chart topper.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	271
China staggered by costly winter storms.	Jones, Marc	Brief article	266
Clear skies: the dawn of carbon credit trading is opening the door for new insurance and capital products.	Green, Meg		1494
Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has opened a representative office in Beijing after getting approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission.			61
Conviction not required: a felonious act, even where the insured has not been charged, may still be considered a felony for insurance purposes.	Darras, Frank N.		561
Corrections.		Correction notice	85
Credit default swaps discussed.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief article	250
Duel in the sun.	Hemenway, Chad	Calendar	327
Farmers Group Inc.		Brief article	52
Flagstone Re Holdings.		Brief article	99
Former U.K. Prime Minister to advise Zurich on climate change.	O'Connor, Robert	Brief article	275
Gearing up for cleantech.	Bennett, Jonathan		570
Geico and the association of zoos and aquariums.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	109
Gray hair over the estate tax.		Table	112
Greening health care: a growing number of health plans are helping preserve the environment and create eco-friendly workplaces.	Chordas, Lori		2854
Guardian adds to lifetime rider.		Brief article	96
Guy Carpenter & Co.		Brief article	164
Hartford expands tech coverage.		Brief article	126
Health insurers' financiai results will be tested as markets evolve.		Brief article	79
Heath Lambert Ltd.		Brief article	62
Insurance covers collector vehicles.		Brief article	92
It's all about money.	Niccolai, Gregory C.	Brief article	230
Killer tornadoes strike in six Southern States.	Hemenway, Chad		481
Lincoln, Ameriprise beat crisis crunch.	Lysiak, Fran Matso	Brief article	320
Meetings.		Calendar	172
Motivating the middle market: life insurers large and small have begun to crack the code on how to reach middle-income customers.	Panko, Ron		2352
New USGS seismic hazard maps could affect industry.	Hemenway, Chad	Brief article	240
No-lapse feature in survivorship UL.		Brief article	95
Program to help marine operators.		Brief article	76
Quant loves data: Enterprise Risk Management works best when insurers look for information in all the right places.	Strobel, Dale		517
Quote/Unquote.	Tolle, Rolf	Quotation	52
Rating actions.		Statistical table	1023
Report shows withdrawal benefits value.		Brief article	161
Rethinking portable group life benefits: insurers should be cautious about requests for higher benefit amounts and waived age-reduction schedules.	Ghilardi, John; Muncil, Carol		521
Safest cars.		Brief article	67
Saving their energy: large insurers have found energy conservation to be good for business.	Panko, Ron		2291
Scottish Re Group Ltd.		Brief article	76
Senator forecasts cloudy outlook for national cat fund.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief article	184
Sizable losses reduce profits.	Fry, Kate		104
Stable for now: the upcoming presidential election will bring some changes in the next few years, but 2008 should be quiet for medicare.	Chordas, Lori		2531
Staying for a little while longer: Dutch insurers step in to help spare the life of a historic tree.	Chordas, Lori		681
Swiss insurer Baloise Group said it is in negotiations with German counterpart Gothaer Versicherungsbank about a strategic partnership and the merger of their German activities.		Brief article	64
Swiss Re.		Brief article	126
The green agent: transforming your agency into a clean, green insurance machine can help save the planet and grow your bottom line.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		710
The green issue.	Goch, Lynna	Editorial	307
The green wave: insurers are rolling out new products that tap into the growing--and potentially profitable--environmental movement.	Green, Meg		3660
The Honover Insurance Group.		Brief article	27
Think inside the distribution box: insurers are struggling to find their footing on a constantly changing field.	MacDonald, Robert W.		511
Top of mind: Best's Review's survey reveals taxes, health care and retirement are key issues for the industry in this year's presidential election.	Lehmann, R.J.		1684
Trusting research and capital, new broker targets Hispanics.	Ackermann, Alyn	Brief article	259
U.S. tort costs down.		Brief article	217
Unitedhealthcare has completed its $775 million acquisition of mostly all of the health-related businesses of Fiserv Inc.			31
Unnatural disaster: insurers are taking climate solutions seriously, but so far it's a lonely job.	Gorski, Dennis		1535
Wellington Plc.		Brief article	84
Wellpoint Inc.		Brief article	109
White Mountains Insurance Group has acquired a 42% stake in Answer Financial, an Internet-based personal lines agency, for $30 million.		Brief article	49
Why going green matters: an environmental expert says insurers see business opportunities in the environmental market and intolerable losses if climate change is ignored.	Goch, Lynna		569
Willis Group Holdings Ltd.		Brief article	89
XL Capital Ltd.		Brief article	124
Zurich Financial Services Group will expand services for corporate customers in Norway and Denmark by founding two new branches of Dublin-based Zurich Insurance Ireland Ltd.		Brief article	37