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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.

Heading for the hills.(Editorial)
November 01, 2004

Committing to the Hispanic Market.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2004

People in insurance.(Briefing)
November 01, 2004

Spitzer sues broker Marsh, alleges corruption in insurance industry.(B...
November 01, 2004

Excess and surplus lines premium jumps 28% in 2003.(By the Numbers)(Br...
November 01, 2004

Percentage of premiums surplus vs. commercial lines.(By the Numbers)(B...
November 01, 2004

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

Suit targets Allstate's rehire moratorium.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Coventry to purchase first health in $1.8b deal.(Briefing)(Brief Artic...
November 01, 2004

Supreme Court puts state farm case to rest.(Briefing)
November 01, 2004

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

Home of the brave: even before four hurricanes hit Florida this year, ...
November 01, 2004

Homeowners multiple peril, top writers by state--2003.(Homeowner)(Illu...
November 01, 2004

Easing the way: the calculation of residential replacement value and m...
November 01, 2004

Shedding excess weight: Medicare's decision to consider obesity an ill...
November 01, 2004

Annuity patrol: regulators want new rules to protect investors from pr...
November 01, 2004

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.(New Products and Services)(Bri...
November 01, 2004

John Hancock launched a new long-term-care insurance program called Co...
November 01, 2004

Japanese, U.S. officials begin talks on life products.(life)(Brief Art...
November 01, 2004

Survey: Canada and U.S. life industry expected to adopt accounting sta...
November 01, 2004

Building better health plans: spending more time on research before la...
November 01, 2004

The surviving few: only a handful of the online insurance-broker pione...
November 01, 2004

Using her noodle: Kathryn Emmerson brings the knowledge of 30 years as...
November 01, 2004

Call to focus: insurers focus on core insurance improvement to operate...
November 01, 2004

Armed for action: independent agents in many states have mounted succe...
November 01, 2004

Agency evolution: today's bigger agencies face an array of challenges ...
November 01, 2004

The view from Rendez-Vous: amid the maneuvering, the Monte Carlo gathe...
November 01, 2004

Probing to prevent loss: through nonprofit groups it helped form, the ...
November 01, 2004

Tracking and preventing losses in homes, businesses.(Homeowners)(Insti...
November 01, 2004

Crash tests yield data, safer autos.(Auto)(Insurance Institute for Hig...
November 01, 2004

Building competition in auto crash parts.(Auto)(Certified Automotive P...
November 01, 2004

Thinking prevention: too often agents, brokers and even risk managers ...
November 01, 2004

Insureds moving to protect their directors and officers.(Loss/Risk Man...
November 01, 2004

Hartford financial launches new D&O protection.(Loss/Risk Management N...
November 01, 2004

Ace Westchester enters environmental risk market.(Loss/Risk Management...
November 01, 2004

Willis covers homes with unique risks.(Loss/Risk Management Notes)(Bri...
November 01, 2004

Aspen expanding in U.S.(Loss/Risk Management Notes)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Suiting up: when the top securities class-action law firm becomes two ...
November 01, 2004

Adjusting the definition: a court ruling maintains that a literal inte...
November 01, 2004

Coming up roses: sales of voluntary insurance products at the work sit...
November 01, 2004

Primed for growth: health savings accounts, which offer many advantage...
November 01, 2004

Be prepared: insurers need ways to monitor their operations and result...
November 01, 2004

Segueing into segments: certain marketplace realities of pricing, if i...
November 01, 2004

Chubb covers life sciences property/casualty risks.(Marketplace)(Brief...
November 01, 2004

Affiliated FM adds All-Risk Manufacturing policy.(Marketplace)(Brief A...
November 01, 2004

Brand touts independent agents.(Marketplace)(Progressive Corp. has lau...
November 01, 2004

Liberty Mutual's ads grab honors.(Marketplace)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

A helping hand: as insurers work hard to make sure everything is ready...
November 01, 2004

Online customers report insurers improved service.(Technology Notes)
November 01, 2004

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina .(Web News You Can Use)(Brief A...
November 01, 2004

John Hancock.(Web News You Can Use)(John Hancock Freedom 529)(Brief Ar...
November 01, 2004

Securian Retirement Services.(Web News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

XN Holdings Inc.(Web News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Allstate Corp. estimates after-tax cat loss at $1.06b.(Numbers Still C...
November 01, 2004

Four hurricanes likely to put pressure on Florida property insurance r...
November 01, 2004

Swiss Re.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

AIG.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Safeco.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Hannover Re.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Axis Capital.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Scor Group.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Munich Re.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

American Superior: 4th storm one too many.(Companies)(American Superio...
November 01, 2004

St. Paul Travelers.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

RenaissanceRe.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Ace.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Arch.(Other Companies)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2004

Safeco executives outline their roles in company's new leadership stru...
November 01, 2004

Anthem annual report wins gold in competition.(Companies)(Brief Articl...
November 01, 2004

An apple for the agent: insurers agents find urban markets take well t...
November 01, 2004