| Best's Review Property-Casualty Insurance Edition 1992 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| 1991 property insurance and inland marine. | Insurance | |
| A dangerous confusion. (the misconceptions surrounding surplus insurance) | Insurance | Richard M. Bouhan |
| Aetna introduces policy for food and beverage wholesalers. (Aetna Life and Casualty) (New Plans, New Coverages) | Insurance | |
| Agents veto national survey; PIA annual meeting. (National Association of Independent Insurance Agents rejects proposed merger with Independent Insurance Agents of America) | Insurance | Catherine Novak |
| Alternative directions. (alternative insurance market) | Insurance | Richard A. Lino |
| A.M. Best improves rating structure. (standards for rating insurance industry) | Insurance | |
| Amsterdam. (changes in Dutch insurance markets and regulations) | Insurance | H.S. Leenstra |
| A new way to deliver products. (effective management of marketing channels is crucial to the insurance business) | Insurance | William A. Sherden |
| An excessive claim trail. (Examining Workers' Compensation) | Insurance | Gary G. Venter |
| An exercise in risk transfer. (Focus on Reinsurance) | Insurance | Gerald F. Fisher, Heidi E. Hutter |
| Annual review of property/casualty insurers. (Best's Rating Monitor) (Illustration) | Insurance | |
| Annuity policies for attorneys' fees result in income recognition. | Insurance | Charles R. Meyer, Michael J. Cuddy |
| A skills test for workers' comp. (training of frontline insurance personnel important in managing workers' compensation) | Insurance | Michael Pritula, Russell Nash |
| Assessing value. ( appraisers can increase profits for insurance agencies)(includes article about how to obtain agency appointments) | Insurance | Sharon Cunningham, June Boynton |
| A strategy for agency automation. | Insurance | Ellen J. Jefferies |
| Astute appraisals. (tips for automobile claims adjusters) | Insurance | Jeffrey D. Baker |
| A vital partnership. (relationship between independent insurance agents, managing general agents) | Insurance | Thomas B. Rogan |
| Avoiding botched-up claims. (insurance industry) (Underwriting, Losses and Loss Control) | Insurance | Guy O. Kornblum |
| Balancing capital with risks. (risk-based capital requirements for insurers) | Insurance | Vincent Laurenzano |
| Best's insolvency study: life/health insurers 1976-1991. (Industry Overview) | Insurance | |
| Best's rating monitor; annual review of property/casualty insurers. (final in a series) (Illustration) | Insurance | |
| Best's rating monitor. (Annual Review of Property/Casualty Insurers) (Illustration) | Insurance | |
| Best's rating monitor: six month review property/casualty insurers. (Illustration) | Insurance | |
| Buenos Aires. (Argentina's insurance industry down while economy is boosted) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | |
| Building a culture for service. (customer relations in the insurance industry) | Insurance | William J. Healy |
| Calling out before the flood. (rehabilitating financially troubled insurance companies) | Insurance | Karl L. Rubinstein |
| Captivating captives. (insurance industry) | Insurance | J. Brady Young |
| Choking on asbestos claims. (the number of asbestos claims has reinsurers being asked to ignore traditional contract safeguards so that claims can be swiftly settled) (Focus on Reinsurance) | Insurance | Michael H. Goldstein |
| Chubb winery package program protects winery operations. (Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.) (New Plans, New Coverages) | Insurance | |
| Claims management as a top priority. (operating expense report of property and casualty insurance industry) | Insurance | Bruce C. Bassman, William J. Morelli |
| Clearing the air on indoor pollution. | Insurance | Paul R. Lees-Haley |
| Closing the back door on banks. (expansion of banking industry into non-banking services) | Insurance | Robert A. Rusbuldt |
| Closing the book on library losses. (insurance, loss control and risk management) | Insurance | Karen Sherbine |
| Closing the gap in information. (Motorists Mutual uses architectonics to achieve tighter link between its computer system and its business plans) | Insurance | Joanne Vance |
| Communications under wraps. (protecting privileged communications between reinsurers, cedants) | Insurance | Jonathan F. Bank, Iain A.W. Nasatir, Farzaneh Marvasti |
| Coping with the crisis. (Examining Workers' Compensation) | Insurance | Richard W. Palcznski |
| Corporate changes - 1991. (property and casualty insurers) | Insurance | Rhona L. Ferling |
| Customizing coverage. (managing disaster insurance) | Insurance | Robert J. Coords, Jon Roberts |
| Cycles and crises. (explaining the rising and falling of insurance prices and profits) | Insurance | Scott E. Harrington, J. David Cummins, Robert W. Klein |
| Decision time at Lloyd's. (Lloyd's of London) (Issues of 92) | Insurance | Denzil Stuart |
| Discrimination suit raises the stakes. (Muriel Kraszewski charges sex discrimination in State Farm General Insurance Co.'s hiring practices) | Insurance | Eric J. Wallach, Richard F. Bernstein |
| Distribution of assets - 1991. (property and casualty insurers ranked by assets) | Insurance | Robin B. Edelman |
| Eastern Europe beckons. (insurance investment in an unstable region) (Issues of 92) | Insurance | Robert Van Gieson |
| Economic factors in property/casualty insurance claims costs. | Insurance | Norton E. Masterson |
| Economic outlook spurs moves to demutualize. (taxation of mutual insurance companies converting to stock companies) | Insurance | Michael J. Cuddy, Stephen S. Olds |
| Executives speak out. (six leading insurance executives on the state of the industry) (Cover Story) | Insurance | Robert M. DeMichele, Frederick H. Jarvis, David A. Kocher, Joseph L. Marcum, Edward B. Rust Jr., Robert M. Steinberg |
| Exercising restraint. (regulators should be judicious in dealing with foreign reinsurers) | Insurance | William C. Marcoux |
| Facing the crisis. (Examining Workers' Compensation) | Insurance | Alfred O. Weller |
| Fixing a damaged market. (reinsurance market plagued by high incidence of catastrophes, limited capital growth) | Insurance | Walter Jakobi |
| Getting into management's head. (supplementary financial statements) | Insurance | John S. Chapman, Kurt W. Florian Jr. |
| Harleysville establishes funeral directors' program. (Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co.; insures liability of personal property held by insured) | Insurance | |
| Headlights on for safety. (studies show that use of daytime running lights reduces automobile accidents) | Insurance | Stephen R. Adkins |
| Health insurer's "blue" status not jeopardized by conversion. (allowed to keep status as a Blue Cross/Blue Shield organization) | Insurance | |
| Helping agents to develop. (insurance agents) | Insurance | Royce Johansen |
| High stakes in the alternative market. (nontraditional risk-financing techniques) (Industry Overview) | Insurance | J. Brady Young |
| Honing the competitive edge: insurers that refine their products and services to meet customer expectations are the ones most likely to sustain competitive advantage. | Insurance | Annette Zacher |
| Huddle up for a strong game plan. (strategic relationships between small insurance agencies) (Accent on Agents) | Insurance | William C. Hartnett |
| Illinois Exchange: A market pillar. (surplus insurance industry) | Insurance | Jeffrey P. Leman |
| In defense of rate regulators. (regulation of insurance industry) | Insurance | Martin M. Simons |
| Infringing on AIL policies. (advertising injury liability; to cover infringement suits on patents and trademarks) | Insurance | Alan S. Rutkin |
| In search of regulatory balance. (Focus on Reinsurance) | Insurance | Franklin W. Nutter |
| Insurance company rating agencies: a description of their methods and procedures. (Executive Summary of the report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (Column) | Insurance | |
| Insurance premium distribution - 1991. | Insurance | Diane Ferriaolo |
| Insurers warned of diminishing reinsurance capacity. (National Assn of Independent Insurers conference) | Insurance | Richard L. Hall |
| Intermediaries under siege. (regulation of reinsurance intermediaries) (Focus on Reinsurance) | Insurance | Thomas J. Kennedy |
| IRS appeals to a higher court but does not win its case. (Internal Revenue Service; definition of insurance for tax purposes) | Insurance | Michael J. Cuddy, James S. Stavris Jr., Donald K. Steffen |
| IRS issues final salvage and subrogation regulations. | Insurance | Michael J. Cuddy, Addison Shuster |
| IRS releases discount factors. (for discounting loss reserves and estimated salvage and subrogation on 1992 tax returns) | Insurance | Michael J. Cuddy, Steven R. Cartwright, James S. Stavris Jr. |
| Is your reinsurer safe? (Focus on Reinsurance) | Insurance | W. Mick Taylor |
| Karachi. (Pakistan; foreign investment and the insurance industry) (World Insurance Forum) (Column) | Insurance | M.A. Chisti |
| Keeping an eye on the competition. (includes related articles) | Insurance | Richard H. Nahmias, David Harkleroad, Dorothy Orszulak |
| Kemper National establishes mechanical breakdown program | Insurance | |
| Lawyers (and accountants) face liability crisis. | Insurance | Mark Schussel |
| Leaving their mark on history. (fire-marks and other fire insurance company memorabilia) | Insurance | Harold Sandstrom, Edward R. Tufts |
| Lending adjusters a hand. (Examining Workers' Compensation) | Insurance | Michael Lindberg, Gary Billiard |
| London. (disasters cause troubles in hazard insurance market) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Gordon T. Sanders |
| London. (England; profitability of insurance underwriting) (World Insurance Forum) (Column) | Insurance | R.T.D. Wilmot |
| London. (layoffs occurring in British insurance industry) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Stephen G. French |
| London. (private and group pension plans in Great Britain) | Insurance | Gorodon T. Sanders |
| London. (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Stephen G. French |
| Looking back from 1997. (hypothetical look at an insurance company that installs information technology) | Insurance | Barry J. Rabkin |
| Loose cannons on the regulatory front. (regulation of the alternative insurance market) | Insurance | Jon Harkavy |
| Making programs perform. (consolidation of reinsurance industry driven by cedants) | Insurance | Mindy Pollack |
| Milan. (events in Italian automobile and life insurance industries) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Adolfo Frigessi Di Rattalma |
| Motivating high-tech workers. (psychological profile of data processing specialists) | Insurance | Martha Edwards Myers |
| New plans, new coverages. (property insurance) | Insurance | |
| News that's fit to cover. (essentials of media insurance) | Insurance | Chad E. Milton |
| No cause for optimism. (Dieckmann and Associates' survey of 1992 financial forecasts) (Column) | Insurance | |
| One base at a time. ( companies that effectively capitalize on technological innovations; includes case studies of companies) | Insurance | Bradford T. Brown |
| On the cutting edge of service. (role of computer-based systems in improving customer service) | Insurance | Joseph Hanna |
| Perfect together. (partnership of insurance agents and excess-line wholesalers) (Excess and Surplus Lines) | Insurance | Kurt C. Bingeman |
| Planning for change. (automating the insurance industry) | Insurance | Daniel J. Blum |
| Price isn't everything. (importance of technical competency) (Accent on Agents) | Insurance | Tom W. Clarke |
| Protection in a volatile world. (political risk insurance for companies investing abroad) (Excess and Surplus Lines) | Insurance | Jack Willyard, Peter A. Rodaway |
| Putting paper in its place. (transactional filing) | Insurance | R. David Tebben |
| Raising capital: a game of musical chairs. (meeting new capital requirements for insurance companies) | Insurance | A. David Silver |
| Rate classification reform in New Jersey. (auto insurance) | Insurance | Martin Rosenberg, Stephen A. Alexander |
| Ratings, regulation explored at insurer conferences. (meetings sponsored by Coopers and Lybrand, Infoline and the Institute for International Research) | Insurance | Brendan Noonan |
| Redefining experience rating. (Underwriting, Losses and Loss Control) | Insurance | Arthur E. Parry, Steven E. Math |
| Regulating at a snail's pace. (state regulation of financially troubled insurers is inadequate, uneven) | Insurance | Fred Perlmutter, Frank Russo |
| Rep. Dingell introduces solvency regulation bill. (insurance industry) | Insurance | |
| Restructuring: determining who stays, who departs. | Insurance | Woodruff Imberman |
| Rethinking agency automation. (insurance agencies) | Insurance | R. Michael Shassere |
| Review of 1992 P/C Best's rating assignments. (ratings for property and casualty insurance companies) | Insurance | |
| Rhetoric and reality. (reform of the McCarran-Ferguson Act) | Insurance | James F. Perry |
| Risk alternatives for agents. (insurance industry) | Insurance | Leslea Lorenz Dummer |
| Risk-based capital: is your company ready? (part 1)(includes related article on an overview of risk-based capital) | Insurance | Eric M. Simpson, John H. Snyder |
| Securing museum coverage. (excess and surplus insurance) | Insurance | Joan M. Deshima |
| Setting up expert systems failure. (successfully implementing expert systems in the insurance industry) | Insurance | Paul B. Deschamps |
| Shifting into high gear. (technological innovations in auto damage reporting) | Insurance | |
| Sink or swim. (hard times call for smart financial management and innovative marketing) (Accent on Agents) | Insurance | Charles E. Crowley Jr., Richard J. Morrison |
| Small companies, big values. (mergers and acquisitions of smaller insurance companies) | Insurance | Benn Prybutok |
| Solvency and rate suppression. (in the insurance industry) | Insurance | Orin S. Kramer |
| Solvency control belongs with states, NAII says. (National Association of Independent Insurers) | Insurance | |
| Sounding the alarm for fire detection. | Insurance | Brian J. Meacham |
| Spinning shells into gold. (state liquidators sell shells of failed insurers to companies intent on rebuilding) | Insurance | Raymond G. Robinson |
| Squeezing profits from small accounts. (Accent on Agents) | Insurance | Sharon Cunningham |
| Starting over in workers' comp. (development of workers' compensation business by insurance carriers) | Insurance | Michael Pritula |
| Stockholm. (Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Diana W. Wormuth |
| Storm clouds ahead for buyers. (property and casualty insurance market remains soft) (Industry Overview) | Insurance | Robert J. Murphy |
| St. Paul Fire & Marine offers package program for museums. (St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.) (New Plans, New Coverages) | Insurance | |
| Structured settlements: Panacea or placebo? (liability damage awards) | Insurance | Peter J. Klingler, Leonard A. Blonder |
| Sydney. (Australian general insurance industry starting to go to more realistic premiums; auto insurance deregulated in New South Wales) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Michael T. Skully |
| Tapping the knowledge of experts. (use of expert systems by the insurance industry) | Insurance | Mark Jablonowski |
| Taxpayer prevails on captive issue. (captive insurance companies) | Insurance | Michael J. Cuddy, Stephen S. Olds |
| Tel Aviv. (insurance industry in Israel) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Shlomo Jannai |
| Testing abilities. (using a functional capacity evaluation) (Examining Workers' Compensation) | Insurance | Paula C. Skinner |
| The claim-fraud epidemic. (bodily-injury claims from auto accidents) | Insurance | James F. Perry |
| The learning connection. (insurance company tests wireless local area network at Manchester, CT, high school) | Insurance | Nick Blazensky |
| The legislative minefield. (legal issues facing the insurance industry; includes related article on reinstating the ability of insurance agents to amortize customer renewal lists) (Issues of 92) | Insurance | Daniel J. Blum |
| The missing step. (constructing expert systems for insurance underwriting and claims processing) | Insurance | Joan Helland |
| The new technology wave. (insurance industry) | Insurance | James F. Karkosak |
| The residual market detour. (preference given over voluntary surplus lines by some state insurance regulators) (Excess and Surplus Lines) | Insurance | Michael J. Snead |
| The system misfired. (raising monetary threshold for no-fault tort claims may increase claim costs)(includes article about use of daytime running lights to prevent automobile accidents) | Insurance | Herbert I. Weisberg, Richard A. Derrig, Stephen R. Adkins |
| The year of the consumer. (National Association of Insurance Commissioners strives to improve regulation of insurance industry and consumer education) | Insurance | William H. McCartney |
| Time and material: adjusting the terms. (property insurers can limit losses common under forced use of time-and-material contracts) | Insurance | Jack R. Tarvin Jr. |
| Time to act. (to fix workers' compensation) (Examining Worker's Compensation) | Insurance | William Hager |
| Title insurer cannot subrogate to rights of prior lienholders. | Insurance | |
| Tokyo. (analysis of foreign and domestic underwriting results for fiscal year 1990; discussion of legislation proposed for product liability; banks allowed to sell insurance) | Insurance | Mitsuo Tanaka |
| Tossing out the pink slips. (streamlining insurance companies by laying off employees may actually reduce revenue) | Insurance | Richard Kolsky, James Trice |
| Transamerica glass program eliminates the pain of loss. (Transamerica Insurance's plate-glass policy) (New Plans, New Coverages) | Insurance | |
| Weighing the costs of standards. (risk-based capital standards for insurers) | Insurance | Richard P. Hefferan, Gregory W. Heidrich |
| Who pays when the "loser pays"? (English system of forcing losers of tort disputes to pay winners might be problematic if adopted in the US) | Insurance | James R. Eck, William Gary Baker |
| Will service centers force out independents? (Independent Insurance Agents of America report) (Accent on Agents) | Insurance | Jeffrey M. Yates |
| Winner take all. (prize indemnification insurance market) (Excess and Surplus Lines) | Insurance | Doug McCrum |
| Winning the fraud game. (insurance loss control) (part 1) | Insurance | Daniel Finnegan, Gail Simpson |
| Winning the fraud game. (part two of a two part series) | Insurance | Daniel Finnegan, Gail Simpson |
| Zurich. (news about the Swiss economy and insurance industry) (World Insurance Forum) | Insurance | Kevin G. Fletcher |
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