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Best's Review

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.

In the Spotlight *.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
June 01, 2004

Nationwide Insurance launches $27 million advertising campaign.(Market...
June 01, 2004

ACLI opposes proposal for annuity sales.(Marketplace)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Unlocking value: outsourcing is an important tool to help insurers man...
June 01, 2004

Oxford expanding Medicare offerings in northeast.(Companies)(Brief Art...
June 01, 2004

GE Commercial seeks to insure Masonic associations.(Loss/Risk Manageme...
June 01, 2004

To sue or not to sue.(Editor's Prologue)
June 01, 2004

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.(People in Insurance)(Brief Arti...
June 01, 2004

MBIA Insurance Corp.(People in Insurance)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Expansion in the European Union: new members diversify big trading blo...
June 01, 2004

Brown & Brown Inc.(People in Insurance)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Drilling down on fraud: auto insurers can attack the big problem of fr...
June 01, 2004

Hartford targets midsize financial services companies.(Hartford Financ...
June 01, 2004

NAS offers HIPAA protector coverage.(Marketplace)
June 01, 2004

Surviving the squeeze: managing general underwriters must travel the t...
June 01, 2004

Saturday night dangerous time for teen drivers.(Loss/Risk Management N...
June 01, 2004

Most home-based businesses lack separate insurance coverage.(Loss/Risk...
June 01, 2004

American International Group Inc.(People in Insurance)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Willis Group Holdings Ltd.(People in Insurance)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

MBIA Inc.(People in Insurance)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

UnitedHealthcare of Kentucky Ltd.(People in Insurance)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Liberty Mutual and Axa forge U.S.-Euro alliance.(RIMS Conference)(Brie...
June 01, 2004

XL Capital skips acquisition route, enters U.S. primary casualty marke...
June 01, 2004

New RMS model outlines probabilities for 10 cat risks.(RIMS Conference...
June 01, 2004

AIG offers commercial coverage for public venues.(Marketplace)(America...
June 01, 2004

Stressing the positives: more Americans view insurers favorably, but t...
June 01, 2004

Cozen O'Connor forms Canadian subrogation unit.(Loss/Risk Management N...
June 01, 2004

AIG to protect anti-terrorism products, technologies.(Loss/Risk Manage...
June 01, 2004

The real thing: distinguishing good models from bad ones relies on som...
June 01, 2004

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.(New Products and Servi...
June 01, 2004

Weaving compensation into the whole: Enterprise Incentive Management c...
June 01, 2004

6 steps to mission accomplish: avoid over-budget and incomplete IT pro...
June 01, 2004

MassMutual.(Web News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Health Net Life Insurance Co.(Web News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Afni Insurance Services.(Web News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Terror, cat risks prompt AIR to model property exposures.(RIMS Confere...
June 01, 2004

Axa Distributors LLC.(Web News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

By the numbers.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Meetings.(Briefing)(Calendar)
June 01, 2004

Twin towers insured loss estimate drops.(Briefing)(Insurance industry)...
June 01, 2004

Principal to sell mortgage business to Citigroup for $1.26b.(Briefing)...
June 01, 2004

Corporate giants to form pool to fill health-care gap.(Briefing)(Brief...
June 01, 2004

Best's rating changes.(Ratings)(Illustration)
June 01, 2004

Guide to best financial strength ratings.(Ratings)(Illustration)
June 01, 2004

Tort reform: more than damage caps: arbitration, class actions and los...
June 01, 2004

Patents pending: insurers no longer enjoy open season on the product i...
June 01, 2004

Winning small: insurers that pressure agencies to increase their books...
June 01, 2004

Preparing for the fall: risk managers usher in new soft market.(RIMS C...
June 01, 2004

Hartford: D&O underwriters demand more.(RIMS Conference)
June 01, 2004

Zurich's Schiro seeks to lessen fluctuation of industry's cycles.(RIMS...
June 01, 2004

Survey: poor service leads many clients to switch.(RIMS Conference)(Br...
June 01, 2004

Lloyd's chairman says insurers must focus on profitable business.(RIMS...
June 01, 2004

'Tag-along' suits help spark rise in fiduciary liability premiums.(RIM...
June 01, 2004

Advice for sale: employers are expecting more service from their emplo...
June 01, 2004

Who shot equitable life? When one of the United Kingdom's most respect...
June 01, 2004

Insuring hope: insurance for individuals with AIDS in Africa is hard t...
June 01, 2004

A picture of health: MetLife's database has spawned an illustrated gui...
June 01, 2004

Aetna.(New Products and Services)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America.(New Products and Serv...
June 01, 2004

The Principal Financial Group.(New Products and Services)(Brief Articl...
June 01, 2004

Undercover agents: life insurance companies have finally heard the con...
June 01, 2004

Conceive the inconceivable: the risk exposures are real, and so are th...
June 01, 2004

Talking in code: will a mandate to update the national medical coding ...
June 01, 2004

Cat modelers take separate paths in search of common standards.(Techno...
June 01, 2004

Fortis launches fund, gains banking licenses in China.(Companies)
June 01, 2004

Safeco sells wealth manager to Mellon Financial Corp.(Companies)(Brief...
June 01, 2004

Arthur J. Gallagher to acquire specialty advisory services.(Companies)...
June 01, 2004

Quotesmith.com completes acquisition of Life Quotes Inc.(Companies)(Br...
June 01, 2004

Time in a bottle: Hardware Mutual preserved the present and predicted ...
June 01, 2004

Old cat--new tricks: creative new uses for catastrophe bonds help gene...
June 01, 2004