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Reports on issues and trends of interest to the management personnel of property/casualty insurers and the agents and brokers who market their products. Coverage includes company and industry news, political and regulatory information, new product announcements, profiles of industry newsmakers, and reports of relevant court cases. Trade and business interests.

NAIC wants writers to expand privacy notice. (Briefing).(National Asso...
January 01, 2003

2002: insurers deal with a new crisis, old issues. (Industry Strategie...
January 01, 2003

GE Employers Reinsurance. (People in Insurance).(Brief Article)
January 01, 2003

Managing between a rock and a hard market. (Cover Story).
January 01, 2003

Life Insurance Company of America. (People in Insurance).(Brief Articl...
January 01, 2003

Marine lines enjoy strong pricing. (Briefing).
January 01, 2003

Best's Rating Changes. (Ratings).
January 01, 2003

People to watch in 2003. (Industry Strategies).(people likely to affec...
January 01, 2003

The bumpy route to independence: when insurers divest of their captive...
January 01, 2003

Getting to the root of the problem: travelers' state-of-the-art high-t...
January 01, 2003

Growing concerns. (Editor's prologue).(Brief Article)
January 01, 2003

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. (People in Insurance).(Bri...
January 01, 2003

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (People in Insurance).(appointmen...
January 01, 2003

By the numbers. (Briefing).(finance)
January 01, 2003

Meetings.(Brief Article)
January 01, 2003

NAIC's own Insurance costs rise 25%. (Briefing).(National Association ...
January 01, 2003

Health insurance, class actions top state regulators' agenda. (Briefin...
January 01, 2003

NAIC picks leaders for 2003. (Briefing).(National Association of Insur...
January 01, 2003

The write impression: sloppy, murky writing can cost insurers millions...
January 01, 2003

Exit Lines: Dean R. O'Hare recently stepped down as Chubb's chairman, ...
January 01, 2003

Expenses due to workplace violence now covered. (Property/Casualty).(A...
January 01, 2003

Program nails savings for roofers. (Property/Casualty).(workers' compe...
January 01, 2003

Changing the answers: the gap between the risk we are taking and the r...
January 01, 2003

Wedding bells ring sales: the growing cost of getting married is creat...
January 01, 2003

Resuscitating credit life: banks' new debt-protection products have cu...
January 01, 2003

New products and services. (Life/Health).(Louisiana Department of Insu...
January 01, 2003

The Internal Revenue Service. (Life/Health).(has issued Revenue Ruling...
January 01, 2003

GE's new 'sweepstakes' campaign generates leads. (Life/Health).(GE Fin...
January 01, 2003

Insurance services come with a slurpee on the side. (Property/Casualty...
January 01, 2003

Common ground: negotiations on facultative reinsurance have always bee...
January 01, 2003

Cutting IT can be costly: reducing the budgets for information technol...
January 01, 2003

Hartford Financial Services Group. (Web News You Can Use).(launched ww...
January 01, 2003

Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. (Web News You Can Use).(Brief Article)
January 01, 2003

Inreon gains ACORD certification, will simplify transfer of data. (Tec...
January 01, 2003

Meemic shareholders' vote OKs ProAssurance merger. (Companies).(Brief ...
January 01, 2003

TIAA-CREF pays commissions. (Life/Health).(Teachers Insurance and Annu...
January 01, 2003

Arthur J. Gallagher buys New Orleans agency. (Companies).(Encore Insur...
January 01, 2003

In the Spotlight *. (Comment).(environmental insurance)(Brief Article)
January 01, 2003

Hooray for the Award Recipient. (Comment).(Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.)(...
January 01, 2003

Learning through losses: analyzing an account after a large claim can ...
January 01, 2003

Marketers investigate ethnographic research. (Property/Casualty).(Brie...
January 01, 2003

After research, Liberty Mutual rebrands its Property division. (Proper...
January 01, 2003

Index to 2002 Best's Review Articles.
January 01, 2003

A formula for retirement. (Comment).
January 01, 2003

Facing the tough questions: small-business owners increasingly are ask...
January 01, 2003

Restoring confidence: over time, consistent appropriate behavior will ...
January 01, 2003

Cerulli urges reassessment for life insurance industry. (Life/Health)....
January 01, 2003

Aetna Inc. (Web News You Can Use).(has launched a new portal)(Brief Ar...
January 01, 2003

Wellpoint to acquire Dental and Vision provider. (Companies).(Golden W...
January 01, 2003

AIR debuts new models for Asia-Pacific region. (Property/Casualty).(AI...
January 01, 2003

Opting out: as more insurers leave the Medicare+Choice marketplace bec...
January 01, 2003

The Hartford Financial Services Group. (Life/Health).(has added electr...
January 01, 2003

No surprises: insurers should expand scenario testing to help them und...
January 01, 2003

QuickQuote.com. (Web News You Can Use).(short-term health insurance po...
January 01, 2003

The 2002 Employee Benefits Trend Survey by MetLife. (Web News You Can ...
January 01, 2003

Survey: life insurers want to sell more on internet. (Technology).(Ame...
January 01, 2003

ING completes $1 billion debt sale to U.S., Asian investors. (Companie...
January 01, 2003