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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.

Rolling with the punches: a changing financial environment should prom...
April 01, 2009

James Baettcher has joined Crump Insurance Services' New York office a...
April 01, 2009

Assurance Agency Ltd.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of Dan Klaras)(Brief a...
April 01, 2009

Sammons Securities Co.(Agent/Broker)(appointments of cindy Reed and Ma...
April 01, 2009

Axa Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.(Life)(appointment of Keith Perkins)(Bri...
April 01, 2009

New York Life International LLC.(Life)(appointments of)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Former Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. executive Will Fuller has joined Linco...
April 01, 2009

HSBC Amanah Takaful Malaysia SDN BHD.(Property/Casualty)(appointment o...
April 01, 2009

Associated Agencies Inc.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of Max Schraye...
April 01, 2009

Kroll.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of Tim Whipple)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Eureko.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of Willem Van Duin)(Brief artic...
April 01, 2009

Renaissance Re Holdings Ltd.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(Renaissance ...
April 01, 2009

Rowland, Byrne to Enter Hall of Fame.(David Rowland)(Jack Byrne)(Brief...
April 01, 2009

A purrfect pageant.(AUTO INSURANCE)(The Progressive Corp.)(Brief artic...
April 01, 2009

Pop rocks new ad.(ADVERTISING)(Swiftcover.com signed a deal with MWO)(...
April 01, 2009

Earlier this year Axa Equitable Life Insurance Co.(RETIREMENT PLANNING...
April 01, 2009

Protective Life adds annuity.(SPOTLIGHT)(Protective Life Insurance Co....
April 01, 2009

Zurich targets carbon issues.(Property/Casualty)(Zurich Insurance Grou...
April 01, 2009

Travelers' tools aid auto dealers.(Property/Casualty)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Lincoln launches survivorship VUL.(Life)(Lincoln Financial Group intro...
April 01, 2009

New web site for Jackson National.(Technology)(Jackson National Life I...
April 01, 2009

Learn more.(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Actual and expected retirement costs.(SNAPSHOT)(Statistical table)(Sur...
April 01, 2009

Rating actions.(Ratings)(Cover story)(Statistical table)
April 01, 2009

A room with a view: chief risk officers are taking their places in the...
April 01, 2009

The big picture: enterprise risk management can reveal key pricing con...
April 01, 2009

ERM redux: the RIMS Conference's main topic this year will be a famili...
April 01, 2009

It's time to abandon two misconceptions: exposures are only part of th...
April 01, 2009

Risking the enterprise: did ERM fail, or did companies simply fail to ...
April 01, 2009

Age of analytics: success today relies upon insurers' ability to acces...
April 01, 2009

Coming back to life: life reinsurers' services may be in greater deman...
April 01, 2009

Net worth: online advertising is becoming an important marketing tool ...
April 01, 2009

Economic capital meets the real world: managing risk and capital with ...
April 01, 2009

The right prescription: as the financial crisis grinds on, annuity wri...
April 01, 2009

Risk's watchmen.(From the Editor's Desk)
April 01, 2009

Regulators unsure of AIG's ultimate price tag.(Briefing)(American Inte...
April 01, 2009

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas.".(WORTH REPEATING)(Quotation)
April 01, 2009

Medicare revamp eyed.(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Follow the money.(American Insurance Group Inc.)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

China premium Up 8.6% in January.(Financial report)(Brief article)(Sta...
April 01, 2009

Congress to NFIP: see you in Sept.(National Flood Insurance Program)(B...
April 01, 2009

Captive insurers.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Consumer marketing.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Business trends.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Dean White opinion on internet fraud)(B...
April 01, 2009

Best's review's stats & numbers.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

2008 punished life insurers.(By the Numbers: Recently published Specia...
April 01, 2009

A.M. best analyzes U.S. 'stability plan'.(By the Numbers: Recently pub...
April 01, 2009

Upheavals slow 2008 P/C ratings.(By the Numbers: Recently published Sp...
April 01, 2009

Meetings.(Calendar)
April 01, 2009

Corrections.(Correction notice)
April 01, 2009

Life insurers could collect from 'TARP II,' roundtable chief says.(tro...
April 01, 2009

A.M. Best's stock indexes.(Briefing)(Statistical table)
April 01, 2009

Insurance jobs.(Briefing)(Statistical table)
April 01, 2009

Question: how is the turbulent economy affecting the insurance labor m...
April 01, 2009

Joe wall, former deputy assistant for legislative affairs to former Vi...
April 01, 2009

Willis Group Holdings Ltd.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of David, Finnis)...
April 01, 2009

David Sult has joined AON Consulting Worldwide as its senior vice pres...
April 01, 2009

Aon Ltd.(Agent/Broker)(appointment of Paul Manduca)(Brief article)
April 01, 2009

Mitch Blaser named new CEO for Ironshore unit in Bermuda.(Brief articl...
April 01, 2009

Missing persons: disability carriers help employers debunk the old ada...
April 01, 2009

Employment View from the U.K.(Insurance Recruiters: Agent/Broker)(Brie...
April 01, 2009

Insurance recruiters: they may not be made in heaven, but good matches...
April 01, 2009

Safety factors: position your risk management program well in these un...
April 01, 2009

What the doctor e-ordered: 'take one tablet daily' is being prescribed...
April 01, 2009

Who's really on first base? The insurance industry must shout out to C...
April 01, 2009

Let's talk: communicating with wikis and micro-blogs helps insurers ke...
April 01, 2009

Taming the compliance monster: companies strain under ever-increasing ...
April 01, 2009

Trust, Transparency and Technology: information technology flexibility...
April 01, 2009

IPC Holdings plans Max Capital merger.(merged with Max Capital Group L...
April 01, 2009

Talent agents: recession or recruiters face same challenge: finding sk...
April 01, 2009

Rated R (risky): Fireman's Fund underwrites production of 'The Wrestle...
April 01, 2009