Articles from Risk & Insurance (February 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Round and 'round.	Tuohy, Cyril		249
2 wrongs a right do not make.	Crombie, Roger		609
A brighter outlook: associative filing vendors anchored to Microsoft's Outlook e-mail and database application capture the interest and the business of carriers and intermediaries.	Starner, Tom	Interview	1325
A hellhole of my 'yout'.	Kircher, Philip G.		601
A test of discipline: excess and surplus lines carriers will have to walk an increasingly fine line in this softer insurance market. But how many of them will have the self-control to do it?	REYNOLDS, DAN		1607
A way to quantify ERM's value?			62
Breaking the girl.			67
Bright spots in a bleak market.			58
Consulting on healthcare: employees would like companies to provide more healthcare information, according to a recent survey, which also found significant attitude differences among various demographic groups related to treatment options, cost oversight and medical inquiries.	Worthington, Barbara		646
Don't shoot the messenger.	Vance, Beaumont		620
Family renewals: the brokerage business is fertile soil for growing family trees--if anything because all producers are measured equally no matter what last name they bear.	Brodsky, Matthew		1470
Favoring fee-based deals: haggling gives brokers a bad name.	Roberts, Jack		335
Few carriers expected to suffer short term from subprime mortgage mess: longer-term, however, the subprime risk "contagion" could infect carriers with heavy exposure to mortgage-backed securities, analysts warn.	Tuohy, Cyril		436
Gallagher Bassett case grinds on: is the company being mean to school children, or being abused by a Catholic diocese?	Reynolds, Dan		556
Global cat losses: $75 b.			90
Has competition vanished? Coventry makes big gains in the workers' comp marketplace, but there's still plenty of room for alternative models.	Rousmaniere, Peter	Company overview	1911
Ironshore buys E&S Shell.			84
John Cosgrove had it right.	Slattery, Tom		575
Labor gators.			125
Long live commissions: brokers deserve as much as they can get.	Tuohy, Cyril		304
Long-term focus is key.			97
New ethics courses.			80
Non-narcotic painkiller Lidoderm vaults to the top of WC Rx cost, surprising researchers: OxyContin falls to no. 5 as most expensive work comp drug.	Reynolds, Dan		338
Power broker: what it takes.			78
Power Brokers 2008: the 'total package': who are this year's Power Brokers, and what makes them tick? A market hard or soft, when it comes to serving commercial insurance customers, service still rules the day.	Gazica, Erin	Cover story	2401
Power brokers: automotive.			1082
Power brokers: aviation-aerospace.			878
Power brokers: chemicals.			1209
Power brokers: construction.			1408
Power brokers: education.			1320
Power brokers: energy.			1205
Power brokers: entertainment-media.			1580
Power brokers: entertainment-sports.		Company overview	1464
Power brokers: environmental.			1305
Power brokers: financial institutions.			1429
Power brokers: fine art.			1481
Power brokers: gaming.			1458
Power brokers: healthcare.			1318
Power brokers: hospitality.			1505
Power brokers: long-term healthcare.			1281
Power brokers: marine.			1462
Power brokers: pharmaceuticals.			1274
Power brokers: public sector.			1347
Power brokers: real estate.			1427
Power brokers: retail-wholesale.			1624
Power brokers: technology general.			1072
Power brokers: technology-hardware.		Company overview	1040
Power brokers: technology-software.			1060
Power brokers: telecommunications.			1077
Power brokers: transportation.			1409
Power brokers: utilities.			1313
Power brokers: workers' comp.			1240
Protection for E-85 producers: without adequate business income insurance, ethanol producers are at risk of significant losses that could put their operations in jeopardy.	Small, Darren		1506
Shipbreaking in Mumbai.	Rousmaniere, Peter		613
Soft-serve insurance markets.			75
Soured on service: though many buyers were happy with their individual brokers last year, others weren't shy about blurting out brokers' shortcomings.	Reynolds, Dan		2302
Talent, technology, action! DeWitt Stern Group has taken a cache of entertainment business talent wrested away from Marsh and Aon and run with it.	Yahn, Steve		1330
The unstoppables: first-time standouts among this year's Power Broker selections share the following traits: leadership, ambition, knowledge, service and, of course, youth.			2027
U.S. cat losses: $6.5 b.			81
Upcoming events.		Calendar	958
Worth repeating.			137