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

1-96 out of 96 article(s)
Title Author Type Words
A Creative Insurance Marketing Co. Chordas, Lori Brief article 126
A history lesson in insurance screening: a cancer marker being proposed for screening life insurance applicants could be a wolf in sheep's clothing. George, Hank 502
A more e-ffective strategy: maintaining an outdated Web site is no way to attract today's customers. Roper, Kevin 1326
A new cornerstone. Chordas, Lori Brief article 215
Ace European Group. Brief article 63
Aiming for fair and accurate: a conflict of interest must be considered in judicial review. But how? Darras, Frank N. 583
AIR models risks to rigs. Brief article 172
American International Group Inc. Brief article 122
Aon Corp.: Damien Guermonprez. Brief article 117
Aon Corp.: Paul Hagy. Brief article 61
Assessing strength. 438
Assurant offers deductible credit. Brief article 92
Atradius. Brief article 83
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. Brief article 46
Beating the system: insurers may be able to overcome legacy problems by using the 'agile' approach. Sohigian, Dave 1336
Beerli to retire, Stefan Lippe named deputy CEO and COO at Swiss Re. Jones, Marc Brief article 170
Bell leaves Alabama post. Carr, Sean P. Brief article 93
Benfield Group Ltd. Brief article 61
Between the lines: the economy has hurt life insurance-linked securities and monolines, but spared property-cat products. Dankwa, David 784
Big opportunities: banking still holds untapped growth potential for insurers. Radwan, Sam 1673
Blue Cross gets favorable prognosis. 58
By the numbers: recreational injuries. Brief article 99
Canopius Group Ltd. Brief article 114
Career wise. Landberg, Steven 361
Chapter 1: Financial health. 3975
Chapter 2: Best's credit ratings. 3766
Chapter 3: Highly rated insurers. Report 2216
Chapter 4: Analysis techniques. 8211
Chapter 5: Industry leaders. 1749
Clarifications. Correction notice 184
Conseco Inc. Brief article 98
Credit concerns hit captives' portfolios. Dankwa, David Brief article 161
Critical injuries: bodily injury liability insurers need protection against unseen risks in Medicare Set-Aside settlements. Bersoux, Henri 1213
Cycle management: tough act to follow. Brief article 155
Dental benefits for cancer patients. Brief article 57
Department of Insurance. Brief article 100
Doctor's orders: this physician-owned medical malpractice insurer stays healthy by keeping active. Carr, Sean R. 2662
Foreign policies: some U.S. life insurers have opened for business elsewhere, and find growth comes with many challenges. Panko, Ron 1776
French reinsurer SCOR has agreed to buy 100% of the share capital and voting rights of life/health reinsurer Prevoyance Et Reassurance and its life and health reinsurance subsidiary Prevoyance Re from the Malakoff Mederic group. Brief article 69
Genworth joins growing list of GIC probe-linked defendants. Lehmann, R.J. 323
Getting real with real time: direct writers conduct business 24/7 on the Internet, but is agency automation up to speed? Chordas, Lori 2060
Grow together. Chordas, Lori Website overview 178
Harleysville Group Inc. Brief article 81
Hawaii MSA will offer health online. Brief article 122
High-tech prep: disaster planning tools keep agents open for business even after catastrophes strike. Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer 1638
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Brief article 106
In excess: traditional insurers and other firms want to partake in fast-growing specialty lines. Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer 2127
Indianapolis has sued 15 insurance companies for reimbursement of $5 million used to clean up hazardous materials at an old manufacturing site. 76
Insurance jobs. Statistical table 269
Insurance services provider Assurant said it has bought up one million of its common shares from Dutch insurer Fortis for $59 million (39.14 million [euro]). Brief article 65
James River Insurance Co. Brief article 64
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. Brief article 148
Know your way around a claim: a few techniques can help move claims meetings along and result in success. Ewing, Lance 557
Learn to live a lighter life: State Farm helps more than half a million Americans create healthier, longer lives through The 50 Million Pound Challenge. Chordas, Lori 509
Lessons learned: no train, no gain: though times are tough, it's smart to keep your staff primed for the rebound. Woods, Shirley 531
Lloyd's underwriter Amlin plc said its Lloyd's Syndicate 2001 acquired the renewal rights for general commercial motor fleet insurance business from HCC Underwriting Agency Ltd. Brief article 62
Loss reserving: a fresh look: the difficulty in setting reserves and the risk of insolvency are just two of the many reasons to revisit reserving. Coyne, Frank J. 526
LTC policy offers flexibility. Brief article 91
Marsh Ltd. Brief article 47
Mass Mutual adds Web ExpressEnroll. Brief article 79
Meetings. Calendar 202
Money matters. Goch, Lynna Editorial 317
NAIC posts receivership web page. Carr, Sean Brief article 86
National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Brief article 108
New directions: unimpressive results cause disability insurers to try different growth tactics. Panko, Ron 2208
New Erie CEO looks to enhance group's reputation for success. Hemenway, Chad Brief article 219
New program helps advisers. Brief article 155
New York State. Brief article 72
Oil companies' risks grew in '08. Jones, Marc Brief article 131
Olympic-size risks. Brief article 93
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Co. leads as the AMBG declines -23.12% year-to-date. 586
Policy covers contractors' work. Brief article 68
Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. Brief article 102
Prudential, Standard Chartered extending partnership in Asia. Jones, Marc 261
Public perceptions: key contributors to medical inflation. Brief article 59
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. Brief article 107
Quote/unquote. Quotation 86
Rating actions. 1456
Safeco Corp. shareholders approved the merger with Liberty Mutual Group, which is to pay $68.25 per share in cash for all outstanding Safeco shares of stock. Brief article 64
Simplified-issue UL with many riders. Brief article 79
Solvency II could offer advantages: companies may find opportunities in this integrated approach to risk management. Dyer, Robert 522
South African insurer Liberty Group has launched Liberty Life Swaziland, which it describes as its latest move in an African expansion strategy. Brief article 56
Standard adds vision to group. Brief article 78
Swiss Re announced a big life insurance acquisition in the United Kingdom, even as it disclosed a double-digit drop in second-quarter profit. Brief article 89
Take a lead: insurers should start preparing for the Model Audit Rule that will debut in 2010. Croarkin, Ken; Sullivan, Kevin 1438
The cost of regulation: U.S. insurers pay $1.5 billion for states to regulate them. Outcomes vary widely. Lehmann, R.J. Cover story 3711
The simple truth: what happened to selling life insurance? Verzone, Ronald D. 544
The U.S. government. Brief article 55
The young and restless: saddled with living expenses, student loans and credit card debt, few young adults consider health insurance a priority. Chordas, Lori 2160
U.S. life results by line in 2007: total U.S. life industry grew 5.4%: Swiss Re slips from second to third in ordinary life business in force, while AIG climbs from second to first place in credit life in force. ING surges from 19th to ninth place in term life business issued and Prudential drops from second to 11th in group life business issued. Brown-Klinger, Stephen 5433
Vacant-property insurance sales go through the roof. Hemenway, Chad Brief article 256
Wildfires: bigger, costlier, on the rise. Brief article 145
Willis Group Holdings. Brief article 93
Worlds apart: competitive reality, not regulatory requirements, is bringing the integrated economic model to the United States. French, Douglas A.; Hughes, Michael 1574
Worth repeating. Wedbush, Ed Quotation 39
Zurich covers product removals. Brief article 71

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