Articles from Risk & Insurance (April 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A class apart: successful professionals don't always have the traditional educational background that you'd expect. A look at a few of our brightest 2008 Power Brokers highlights the advantages of schooling outside the classroom.	Gazica, Erin		2263
A hard' convention welcome: the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. can't wait to return to the warm confines of San Diego for its annual convention after a couple of soft years.	Tuohy, Cyril		1299
A model of innovation: the future in catastrophe modeling could be open-source software that's powerful, flexible but perhaps impractical.	Brodsky, Matthew		390
A question of faith: after a decade of penance highlighted by million-dollar misconduct settlements, churches accept their responsibility and adopt more serious risk management programs but have yet to make believers out of the insurance markets.	Reynolds, Dan		1952
AIG seeks court motion.			79
Aon Construction Services Group.			38
At Liberty to go long: Liberty Mutual's reinsurance chief extols freedom from those quarterly crosshairs and slams efforts to put the federal government in the catastrophe risk business.	Tuckey, Steve	Cover story	2887
Backward into the future.	Crombie, Roger		645
Beecher Carlson Inc.			56
Beecher Carlson.			55
Best addresses takaful.			62
Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc.			89
Brit. quake damage light.			60
Century Healthcare.			54
Choose a nat-cat side.			71
Climate change debate rages.			77
Directory: third party administrators.		Directory	21733
Dishin' dirt on the property data: garbage in, garbage out, as they say about CAT models. And what they also say now is that the smell is coming from you, risk managers. Is this fair, or is everyone shoveling the garbage?	Brodsky, Matthew		1652
DMEC helps soldiers.			43
Dominance in dispute: Bermuda, once the reinsurance industry's unassailable leader, has seen its margin of leadership trimmed as other domiciles compete for premiums and the government looks to diversify the island's economy beyond carriers, reinsurers and captives.	Crombie, Roger	Company overview	2636
E-signature slumber: time is running out for carriers and agency management vendors as a younger generation looks to sign on the electronic bottom line.	Tuohy, Cyril	Interview	2195
Fairly focused.			137
Feeling insecure.	Tuohy, Cyril		240
FM Global then appointed Michael R. Turner as senior vice president and manager of its Eastern (U.S.) Division, succeeding Hall.			89
FM Global.			55
Former sec chairman warns of tougher job ahead for D&O underwriters: a 'shifting environment' will force underwriters to reassess risks and pricing of D&O insurance.	Tuohy, Cyril		554
Global warming--to a $225 billion opportunity: carbon-trading markets offer a big new opportunity for the financial services sector but rising oceans could also mean billions of dollars in insured losses.	Reynolds, Dan		461
Guy Carpenter & Co.			101
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co.			93
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs.			66
Industry risk report nonprofits.	Reynolds, Dan		1657
Jury finds against ESIS.			67
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP.			40
Keep an eye on the flock: human infections of H5N1 avian influenza fell last year, but outbreaks in poultry surged.	Gazica, Erin	Clinical report	481
Keyboards and criminals.			81
Learn from Vince Lombardi.	Slattery, Tom		592
Lockton.			58
Marsh & MeLennan Cos. Inc.			95
Mich. allows captives.			70
National Flood Insurance Program: drown it: by the very nature of its structure, the bankrupt and unwieldy program is unworkable.	Reynolds, Dan		658
National Flood Insurance Program: keep it afloat: providing flood insurance is a worthy role of government, deserving of reform and reauthorization by Congress.	Tuohy, Cyril		677
Painkillers out of control.	Rousmaniere, Peter		578
Pandemics risk transfer.			50
Public nuisance: a new battleground for policyholders and insurers: the current wave of public nuisance-based tort litigation is focused on two areas, lead paint and global warming.	Wilson, Donna L.; Kanemitsu, Marla H.		1960
Risk forecasting.			56
Saving money by saving money.	Krauss, Aaron		618
Specialty Risk Services.			161
Steady-state, steady-flow: brokers and buyers may have differing perceptions of good customer service, but a lesson in physics proves why it might balance out.	Reynolds, Dan		555
Street smarts.			73
Upcoming events.		Calendar	478
Valley Oak Systems Inc.			73
Willis Group Holdings Ltd.			49
World's oldest profession?	Vance, Beaumont		593
Worth repeating.			92
Zurich.			32