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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.

Greening health care: a growing number of health plans are helping pre...
March 01, 2008

Saving their energy: large insurers have found energy conservation to ...
March 01, 2008

Unnatural disaster: insurers are taking climate solutions seriously, b...
March 01, 2008

Clear skies: the dawn of carbon credit trading is opening the door for...
March 01, 2008

Backs to the wind: for prudent insurers, climate change means greater ...
March 01, 2008

A new commitment: insurers can cut operational costs with green comput...
March 01, 2008

Accustomed cycles: reinsurers feel the soft-market squeeze.(Reinsuranc...
March 01, 2008

Motivating the middle market: life insurers large and small have begun...
March 01, 2008

Think inside the distribution box: insurers are struggling to find the...
March 01, 2008

Rethinking portable group life benefits: insurers should be cautious a...
March 01, 2008

Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has opened a repr...
March 01, 2008

Unitedhealthcare has completed its $775 million acquisition of mostly ...
March 01, 2008

Berkshire Hathaway buys 3% stake, 20% of P/C exposure from Swiss Re.(B...
March 01, 2008

Former U.K. Prime Minister to advise Zurich on climate change.(Brief a...
March 01, 2008

Heath Lambert Ltd.(Agent/Broker)(appointed Richard Cowling as chairman...
March 01, 2008

Guy Carpenter & Co.(Agent/Broker)(appointments of Nick Frankland, Andr...
March 01, 2008

Batchelor to head operations in Europe, Africa and Middle East.(People...
March 01, 2008

Captive Resources LLC.(Agent/Broker)(appointments)(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Willis Group Holdings Ltd.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of Alena Watchorn...
March 01, 2008

Wellpoint Inc.(Health/Employee Benefits)(appointment of Leslie Margoli...
March 01, 2008

Amalgamated Life Insurance Co.(Life)(appointment of David J. Walsh )(B...
March 01, 2008

Farmers Group Inc.(Life)(appointment of Scott Lindquist)(Brief article...
March 01, 2008

Aegon.(Life)(retirement of Johan Van Der Werf )(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

XL Capital Ltd.(Life)(appointment of David Duclos)(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Flagstone Re Holdings.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of Mig...
March 01, 2008

Wellington Plc.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of John O' Ne...
March 01, 2008

Scottish Re Group Ltd.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of Dav...
March 01, 2008

Swiss Re.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of Richard Schneide...
March 01, 2008

CEO and president still all in the family at Lititz Mutual.(People in ...
March 01, 2008

Report shows withdrawal benefits value.(SPOTLIGHT)(Ibbotson Associates...
March 01, 2008

Program to help marine operators.(Property/Casualty)(Great American In...
March 01, 2008

Insurance covers collector vehicles.(Property/Casualty)(Markel Insuran...
March 01, 2008

Hartford expands tech coverage.(Property/Casualty)(Hartford Financial ...
March 01, 2008

Guardian adds to lifetime rider.(Life)(Guardian Insurance and Annuity ...
March 01, 2008

Gray hair over the estate tax.(SNAPSHOT)(Table)
March 01, 2008

No-lapse feature in survivorship UL.(Life)(Nationwide Financial Servic...
March 01, 2008

CarInsurance.com adds new carriers.(Technology)(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Brokers form group with ACORD.(Technology)(Association for Cooperative...
March 01, 2008

U.S. tort costs down.(SPOTLIGHT)(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Safest cars.(SNAPSHOT)(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Chart topper.(ADVERTISING)(www.allstate.com/teen)(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

A home run.(BRANDING)(The Progressive Corp. change its name to Progres...
March 01, 2008

Geico and the association of zoos and aquariums.(SPONSORSHIP)(GEICO Ge...
March 01, 2008

The green wave: insurers are rolling out new products that tap into th...
March 01, 2008

Why going green matters: an environmental expert says insurers see bus...
March 01, 2008

Building business: agents and brokers have a role in making the govern...
March 01, 2008

A special thank-you to our subscribers.(Comments)
March 01, 2008

It's all about money.(Comment)(Property and casualty insurance)(Brief ...
March 01, 2008

Quote/Unquote.(Comment)(Quotation)
March 01, 2008

Corrections.(Comment)(Correction notice)
March 01, 2008

Killer tornadoes strike in six Southern States.(Briefing)
March 01, 2008

Senator forecasts cloudy outlook for national cat fund.(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

China staggered by costly winter storms.(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Sizable losses reduce profits.(100 YEARS AGO in Best's Review)
March 01, 2008

California health reforms may come in pieces.(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Meetings.(Calendar)
March 01, 2008

New USGS seismic hazard maps could affect industry.(U.S. Geological Su...
March 01, 2008

Credit default swaps discussed.(Brief article)
March 01, 2008

Duel in the sun.(Briefing)(case between Florida's Allstate Office of I...
March 01, 2008

A.M. Best's stock indexes.(Briefing)(Statistical table)
March 01, 2008

American International Group Inc. has terminated its $730 million Berm...
March 01, 2008

Trusting research and capital, new broker targets Hispanics.(Companies...
March 01, 2008

Staying for a little while longer: Dutch insurers step in to help spar...
March 01, 2008

Quant loves data: Enterprise Risk Management works best when insurers ...
March 01, 2008

Stable for now: the upcoming presidential election will bring some cha...
March 01, 2008

Captives in paradise: regulators in the Aloha State are touting Hawaii...
March 01, 2008

Captive domiciles.(Property/Casualty: Captives)
March 01, 2008

Big results possible with small agencies.(Property/Casualty: Loss/Risk...
March 01, 2008

Agents are customers, too: insurers should provide their field forces ...
March 01, 2008

Top of mind: Best's Review's survey reveals taxes, health care and ret...
March 01, 2008

Conviction not required: a felonious act, even where the insured has n...
March 01, 2008

The Honover Insurance Group.(Commercial)(Hanover Insurance Co.)(Verlan...
March 01, 2008

Zurich Financial Services Group will expand services for corporate cus...
March 01, 2008

White Mountains Insurance Group has acquired a 42% stake in Answer Fin...
March 01, 2008

The green issue.(From the Editor's Desk)(green business opportunities)...
March 01, 2008

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