Articles from Best's Review (February 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A form for all reasons: a handful of insurance pros redefines the industry's producer appointment process.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2197
A pressing need: China offers a huge opportunity for all insurance lines, but especially for property/casualty writers.	Chye, Pang-Hsiang; Schwartzman, Joy		1523
Agents get E&O rate trim.		Brief article	154
Allstate launched a national.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	127
Arch Insurance Group.		Brief article	89
Axa Equitable Life Insurance Co.		Brief article	279
Bullish plans: Max Specialty talks about its strategies for 2009.	Slavin, Al		393
Canada: provincial officials in charge of insurance affairs.		Directory	409
Career wise.	Mitchell, Todd		322
China's market trend stays positive for '08.	Ng, Rebecca	Brief article	95
Chubb consolidates Europe operations, domicile in U.K.	O'Connor, Robert	Brief article	242
CNA Insurance Co. Ltd.		Brief article	93
Corrections.		Correction notice	112
Costliest ... so far.		Brief article	109
Crashing the party: insurers are navigating what they hope is a path to success on the social Web.	Slavin, Al	Cover story	2100
Everest Re Group.		Brief article	86
Eye on regulation: will the fallout from the recession change how insurance is regulated?	Semaya, Francine L.		556
Fidelity prepares better home page.		Brief article	95
Flummoxed over bancassurance: sales of life products at banks are flat, but quicker underwriting that doesn't sacrifice quality may help.	George, Hank		517
FTC orders nine home insurers to furnish credit-scoring data.	Lehmann, R.J.		413
Full coverage.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	207
Genworth Financial Inc.		Brief article	82
Get yourself out there.	Goch, Lynna		345
Global merger and acquisition activities in the insurance sector reached $108 billion in 2008, down 17% from the previous year, according to global deal tracking firm Dealogic.		Brief article	85
Group lessons: what's behind the success of group long-term care?	Chordas, Lori		2148
Highmark Inc.		Brief article	109
Insurance jobs.		Statistical table	302
Insurance to value: as housing prices plummet, the cost to rebuild a home is on the rise.	Spencer, Scott		562
Legal maneuvers: trial attorneys' unique vantage point makes them a resource for reducing risk and avoiding litigation.	Miller, Matthew S.		1870
Markel offers ID theft coverage.		Brief article	80
Meetings.		Calendar	123
Memo to producers: heritage is strong: you should be telling clients and prospects about the stellar track record of life insurance.	Verzone, Ronald D.		516
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd.		Brief article	80
National Financial Partners Corp.		Brief article	101
Navigating the road: Allstate is putting seniors behind the wheel with a video game to improve safe driving skills.	Chordas, Lori		550
New president of StanCorp: focus on disciplined pricing.	Lysiak, Fran Matso	Brief article	214
P/C results hurt by deterioration.		Brief article	100
Paper jam: a federal court rules surplus lines insurers aren't exempt from filing forms for Florida regulatory approval.	Karlinsky, Fred E.; Fidei, Richard J.		1399
Path of least resistance: rising MRSA infection rates have health insurers countering with education and pay-for-performance initiatives.	Chordas, Lori		1747
Quite the contrary: investors who bought indexed annuities a year ago are sleeping much better than owners of variable annuities or mutual funds.	Panko, Ron	Company rankings	2107
Rating actions.		Statistical table	1331
Reaching out.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	260
Reaching out: three A.M. Best Co. E-Fusion presentations highlight ways insurers can reach customers, build smarter work forces and boost productivity.			1906
Regulator yearbook: the 2009 Insurance Commissioners.			6400
Rich in potential: the Asian-American market is fertile ground for insurance and retirement products, but succeeding in it takes special skill.	Panko, Ron		1814
Saving grace: by quickly reaching out to injured workers, employers are reducing workers' compensation costs.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer	Company rankings	2271
Sizing up specialty lines.		Discussion	7651
Some industry stocks defied record dives in 2008.	Brown-Klinger, Stephen	Statistical data	772
Stepping out: how Assurant's holistic view of business exposure keeps risks at bay.	Pollock, Robert B.	Company overview	1395
Sun Life Financial Inc.		Brief article	115
Surplus lines results remain strong: an excerpt from the A.M. Best Special Report U.S. Surplus Lines--2007 market review.		Company rankings	784
Team Obama preparing financial sector overhaul.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief article	249
THB management change is part of international expansion strategy.	O'Connor, Robert	Brief article	201
The long and short of IT: strategic cost-cutting will help carriers achieve long-term rewards.	Martin, Michele; Costonis, Michael		538
The pandemic wager: a staid model for dealing with pandemic risk exposure marks another quiet year.	Slavin, Al		1721
Third-quarter 2008 sales of variable annuities in the United States declined to $37.8 billion, an 18.1% decrease from the same period in 2007, according to NAVA and Morningstar Inc.		Brief article	88
Travelers has Supreme Court date.	Lehmann, R.J.	Brief article	170
Tune in tomorrow: as baby boomers retire, agencies must develop a new wave of young, talented recruits.	Batistoni, Dianne		556
Waits and measures: despite little opposition, surplus lines reform keeps getting sidetracked in Congress.	Lehmann, Ray		723