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.

Health uninsured ratio changes.(SNAPSHOT)
November 01, 2006

Lloyd's underwriter Kiln plc said its subsidiary R.J. Kiln & Co. Ltd. ...
November 01, 2006

Insurance for insuring.(Comment)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Experts eye insurers' exposure to hedge risks.
November 01, 2006

Life and property/casualty divide.(100 YEARS AGO in Best's Review)(Bri...
November 01, 2006

Surplus Lines' future looks strong despite a flat year.(By the Numbers...
November 01, 2006

Percentage of premiums, surplus vs. commercial lines.(By the Numbers)(...
November 01, 2006

Meetings.(Briefing)
November 01, 2006

A.M. best stock indices, third quarter 2006.(Briefing)(Statistical tab...
November 01, 2006

Best's insurance stock indices.(Briefing)(Statistical table)
November 01, 2006

El Nino's return could have positive impact.(Briefing)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Sun Life Financial Inc.(Life)(appoints Ronald Friesen)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Zurich.(Property/Casualty)(Zurich Global Corp appoints Mario P. Vitale...
November 01, 2006

American International Group Inc.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of Ro...
November 01, 2006

Wilson to take over day-to-day operations at Allstate Corp.(People in ...
November 01, 2006

American International Group Inc.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of An...
November 01, 2006

Progressive Corp.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of Brian Domeck)(Brie...
November 01, 2006

Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment ...
November 01, 2006

Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointme...
November 01, 2006

XL Capital Ltd.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of Robert Dou...
November 01, 2006

White Mountains Re Group Ltd.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment...
November 01, 2006

Royal Alliance Associates Inc.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of Clara Sier...
November 01, 2006

Webster Insurance.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of Peter B. Matthews)(Bri...
November 01, 2006

Marsh & McLennan Cos.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of Michele Burns)(Brie...
November 01, 2006

Time to freshen up the Web site.(AGENT/BROKER)(strategic management of...
November 01, 2006

On a roll ...(Advertising campaigns)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Life policy covers entire family.(Family Protection Insurance)(Brief a...
November 01, 2006

Indexed UL product uses global indices.(Life)(AIG Elite Global indexed...
November 01, 2006

Homeowners multiple peril, top writers by state--2005.(Statistical tab...
November 01, 2006

Familiar refrain: as the NAIC considers its 2007 budget, insurance ind...
November 01, 2006

Breaking borders: some state workers' compensation funds have expanded...
November 01, 2006

Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc.(Web site introduced)(Brief artic...
November 01, 2006

Conseco.(Web sites (World Wide Web) introduced)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

HCC Insurance Holdings has closed its acquisition of the assets of All...
November 01, 2006

ING.(Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Alea Group sold its North American excess and surplus lines unit to Pr...
November 01, 2006

Coming ashore.(Editor's Prologue)(forecast of insurance companies)
November 01, 2006

Quote/unquote: excerpted from Best Week.(Comment)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Hawaiian earthquake reminder of threat.(Briefing)
November 01, 2006

John Hancock Financial.(ADVERTISING)(advertising campaign)(Brief artic...
November 01, 2006

New twists on living benefits.(introduced a lifetime withdrawal guaran...
November 01, 2006

Guardian offers dental rollovers.(dental plans for employees)(Brief ar...
November 01, 2006

Learn more.(New Products)
November 01, 2006

Best's rating changes.(Ratings for insurance industry)
November 01, 2006

Movers & shakers: the nationwide homeowners ranking has been shaken up...
November 01, 2006

Homeowners multiple peril, top writers, United States--2005.(Statistic...
November 01, 2006

Call to action: workplace dynamics are changing how disability insuran...
November 01, 2006

Silver lining: 'co-logo contracts' can help health insurers glide thou...
November 01, 2006

Flirting with disaster: 2006 may seem like a quiet year for catastroph...
November 01, 2006

How far is too far? Faced with pressures from all sides, underwriters ...
November 01, 2006

Aetna.(dental plans for employers)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.(software application usage)(Brief...
November 01, 2006

Marsh & McLennan Cos.(Agent/Broker)(Broker Marsh and McLennan Cos)(Bri...
November 01, 2006

Custer's last policy: General George Custer's life insurance policy is...
November 01, 2006

2005 P/C Gulf loss ratios point to insurers' pain, need for reforms.(B...
November 01, 2006

Allstate rolls out illness products.(Employee Benefits)(Brief article)
November 01, 2006

The rediscovery of America: many European life insurers established a ...
November 01, 2006

Movin' on up: some of the nation's largest homeowners insurers are gai...
November 01, 2006

Guidance department: reinsurance brokers can help insurance companies ...
November 01, 2006

Ready, set, go? Most health plans agree that migration to a new coding...
November 01, 2006

9 key retirement-income questions: with the life industry's latest gen...
November 01, 2006

A road less traveled: Symetra Financial, a spinoff bought by an invest...
November 01, 2006

Facing the new competition: life insurers need to focus more on improv...
November 01, 2006

Years of experience: Sheldon Rankin is marking 50 years in the insuran...
November 01, 2006

Sittin' in: property/casualty agents and brokers can--and should--alig...
November 01, 2006

Maintaining the status quo: at Commerce Group, success and growth come...
November 01, 2006

Tainted spinach could highlight recall insurance.(Property/Casualty)
November 01, 2006

Continuing a planned nationwide rollout, Travelers now is offering a 1...
November 01, 2006

Form familiarity: insurance pros who know their coverage forms inside ...
November 01, 2006

Benfield hopes to speed move toward technology.(Technology)(Benfield G...
November 01, 2006

Enabling human resources: technology is a key component to helping imp...
November 01, 2006

Playing with the big boys: competition is heating up among health plan...
November 01, 2006

Personal touch matters: a survey finds homeowners give a vote of confi...
November 01, 2006