Articles from Risk & Insurance (August 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
2009: a bummer? P/C executives say plenty to worry about.	Slattery, Tom		507
A federation of angst.	Slattery, Tom		535
ACE Global Markets.			56
Acting big but thinking small: big carriers, geared toward larger companies, may discover they are out of their element when seeking opportunities in the small business marketplace.	Radwan, Sam; Johnson, Dale		1511
Adjusting to the new model of risk-based exams: carriers are in for big changes in the way regulators review their internal controls as examiners shift from rules to risk.	Tuohy, Cyril		574
AIG.			70
American International Group Inc.			88
Best practices with PBM vendors.			90
Broadspire.			83
Brown gets bigger.			56
Built to perfection.	Makomaski, Joanna		580
CIAB in Sin City.			70
Court pro business? Not so fast.	Kircher, Philip G.		537
Creating a culture of wellness.			95
Dempsey Partners.			66
Directory: captive/self-insurance.		Directory	4695
Doing mental healthcare right the first time: employers are paying more attention to the impact mental illness can have on the bottom line, but determining the causes of many such illnesses merits a more muscular approach.	Preter, Maurice; Kahn, Jeffrey		1456
Drugs and numbers.			60
GAB Robins North America Inc.			43
Gallagher buys benefits firms.			65
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.			37
Integrating vendor services to keep employees healthier and on the job.			162
Marsh acquires claims services.			75
Meeting the Provost.	Tuohy, Cyril		276
New order aglow with promise: reinsurance brokers these days, while still placing a premium on maintaining good relationships, are managing ever more sophisticated analytical machinery.	Roberts, Jack		9546
People, not guns, at issue.	Potter, Thomas R.	Letter to the editor	239
Pinning down principles: this year, CICA unveiled first-ever captive best practices after consulting regulators, owners, operators and experts. More of a process than a document, CICA has opted for more informal guidelines rather than the codifications offered by formal standards such as ISO 9000.	Brodsky, Matthew		1373
Playing hardball in a soft market: brokerage CEOs chime in on how to negotiate commissions with their carriers during a tough market.	Slattery, Tom		811
Quote of the month.	Hughes, Martin		20
Quote of the month.	Paduda, Joe		35
Reinsurance: a risk transfer weapon of tomorrow: for primary carriers, reinsurance is a secure, efficient way to transfer risk that has no equal in financial services.	Reynolds, Dan		676
Reinsurance: mired in the past and ripe for reform: a traditionalist's tool, reinsurance doesn't offer much new in a world exploding with ART mechanisms.	Tuohy, Cyril		649
Retail blindness: retailers are lagging other sectors in their weather risk vision.	Brodsky, Matthew		553
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc.			38
Sox, coso fall short.	Ellis, Calvin	Letter to the editor	203
The comp profilers: predictive modeling helps workers' comp carriers improve care quality and contain costs, but questions linger on efficacy.	Tuckey, Steve	Cover story	3095
The flattening world of front and back: while the front office technology list remains the same, policyholder profiles, buying habits and expectations are changing. A pair of writers challenges the industry to execute the right technology decisions.	Smallwood, Deborah; Maike, Cindy		1873
The insurance entrepreneur.	Rousmaniere, Peter		538
The ways of the SMB wise.			70
The whacky world of Wiki.	Crombie, Roger		570
Travelers Cos. Inc.			31
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc.			35
Upcoming events.		Calendar	515
Wall Street freeze out: class-action suits mount in the wake of a spring freeze on auction-rate securities.	Reynolds, Dan		611
When less means more: middle market corporate risk managers face a soft market quandary: cover new exposures or bank the savings. Higher limits and better terms are also on the table.	Tuckey, Steve		2182
Willis International Holdings.			39
Willis Nabs HRH.			169