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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.

Allianz to cut nearly 7,500 jobs in German restructuring.(Companies)
August 01, 2006

Mega changes on the horizon: a Texas life and health insurer regroups ...
August 01, 2006

Praetorian Financial Group.(Property/Casualty)
August 01, 2006

CNA Financial Corp.(Property/Casualty)
August 01, 2006

U.K. liability insurers sense opening in chocolate recall.(Briefing)
August 01, 2006

Correction.(Comment)(Correction notice)
August 01, 2006

Ready for his close-up.(AUTO INSURANCE)(popular television advertiseme...
August 01, 2006

Space-age strategy.(MARKETING)(marketing strategy of UnumProvident Cor...
August 01, 2006

Progressive Corp.(Property/Casualty)(appointed John Sauerland)(Brief a...
August 01, 2006

New York Life Insurance Co.(Life)(appointed Michael Oleske, Julius Alb...
August 01, 2006

Principal Financial Group.(Life)(named Kurt Shallow)(Brief article)
August 01, 2006

Marsh and McLennan Cos.(Agent/Broker)(appointed David Spiller and John...
August 01, 2006

Integro.(Agent/Broker)(named Edward Nicholls and Wayne Snow)(Brief art...
August 01, 2006

Life product growth rates, 1Q 2005-2006.(SNAPSHOT)(Statistical table)(...
August 01, 2006

Best's rating changes.(Ratings)(Statistical table)
August 01, 2006

Quote/unquote.(Comment)
August 01, 2006

Arch Insurance Group.(Property/Casualty)(named Charles Schmalz, Brian ...
August 01, 2006

Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd.(Property/Casualty)(elected David Ripso...
August 01, 2006

American International Group.(Property/Casualty)(named Anthony Galioto...
August 01, 2006

Mark Lyons takes on new responsibilities at Arch Capital.(People in In...
August 01, 2006

Countrywide Insurance Group.(Property/Casualty)(named Myron Hendry)(Br...
August 01, 2006

The American Association of Insurance Services.(Tech Bytes)(online res...
August 01, 2006

Brave new world.(Editor's Prologue)
August 01, 2006

Energy Takeover not 'c' word.(Comment)
August 01, 2006

Data breach a growing concern for insurance application process.(Highl...
August 01, 2006

Brokers see surplus of rules in excess and surplus market.(Highlights ...
August 01, 2006

By the numbers.(Briefing)
August 01, 2006

Meetings.(Briefing)(insurance companies)(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 01, 2006

A.M. Best stock indices, second quarter 2006.(Briefing)(Statistical ta...
August 01, 2006

A.M. Best launches E-Fusion Podcast focused on technology.(Briefing)(B...
August 01, 2006

Best's insurance stock indices.(Briefing)(Statistical table)(Brief art...
August 01, 2006

Aon's full electronic trading could shake up London market.
August 01, 2006

Genworth Financial Inc.(BRANDING)(Genworth Financial Treasure Challeng...
August 01, 2006

Accidental death, dismemberment.(SPOTLIGHT)(Hartford Financial Service...
August 01, 2006

Program to cover Artisan Contractors.(Property/Casualty)(Ohio Casualty...
August 01, 2006

Va with built-in principal protection.(Life)(variable annuity )(Massac...
August 01, 2006

Vul guarantees income stream.(Life)(variable universal life insurance)...
August 01, 2006

Building up to code: insurers back stronger building codes to lessen c...
August 01, 2006

2006 top 35 global reinsurance groups.(Leading Writers: Reinsurance/Ca...
August 01, 2006

Living up to the hype: insurance CEOs see significant competitive adva...
August 01, 2006

The makeup of ERM: extreme computing and big data are the DNA of enter...
August 01, 2006

Small, midsize businesses need continuity plan.(Loss/Risk Management N...
August 01, 2006

Copyrights and trademarks and patents! Oh, my! Insurers need to know t...
August 01, 2006

Storm surge: nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast courts ...
August 01, 2006

Plugging the leak: insurers are spending too much of their premium dol...
August 01, 2006

Data-mining saves federal crop insurance program $456 million, directo...
August 01, 2006

ACORD.(Tech Bytes)(Association for Cooperative Operations Research and...
August 01, 2006

Aon Consulting.(Tech Bytes)(Brief article)
August 01, 2006

An uncommon vision: how a small monoline company saw demand for its on...
August 01, 2006

Inside the medicine cabinet: health plans must decide whether to place...
August 01, 2006

Managing longevity risk: the new retirement math is that living benefi...
August 01, 2006

Capturing retirement rollovers: life insurers have a lot to offer reti...
August 01, 2006

'A drop in the bucket': by writing against the risk of drought and sta...
August 01, 2006

Canada's Onex Partners to acquire Aon Warranty Group.(Brief article)
August 01, 2006

Going it alone: in an age when most life reinsurance is sold by multil...
August 01, 2006

The long haul: aligned interests and a shared passion are crucial conc...
August 01, 2006

Life cycle risk management: agents and brokers are trying to earn a se...
August 01, 2006

St. Paul Travelers to drop 3,000 Florida commercial accounts.(Companie...
August 01, 2006

Lloyd's withstood storms well, reinsurance broker says.(Lloyd's Life A...
August 01, 2006

The Empire State strikes back; in trying to fix troubled workers' comp...
August 01, 2006

Face to face: the forthcoming Reinsurance Directive will be a factor a...
August 01, 2006

Ace sells runoff reinsurers to London management firm.(Companies)(Ace ...
August 01, 2006

Playing to win: a good insurance operation knows the secrets of a good...
August 01, 2006

EIA guaranteed lifetime withdrawals.(Equity-Indexed Annuity Line)(Brie...
August 01, 2006

Insurance celebration.(ADVERTISING)(Brief article)
August 01, 2006

The new frontier: global trade integration opens new territory for mul...
August 01, 2006

More than a sales pitch: commercial buyers of insurance want brokers t...
August 01, 2006

Making a move: when personal lines policyholders relocate, agents move...
August 01, 2006

Businesses look to continuous auditing, monitoring.(Loss/Risk Manageme...
August 01, 2006

Compelling the consumers: benefits brokers can provide the traction em...
August 01, 2006

Coming up ... in September.(Terrorism Insurance)(changes in insurance ...
August 01, 2006