| Best's Review Property-Casualty Insurance Edition 1997 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| $2 trillion and counting: in 1995, world insurance premiums broke the US$2 trillion mark.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Roman Lechner |
| Abusing "discrimination" in insurance underwriting. | Insurance | Robert R. Detlefsen |
| A growing global powerhouse: Bermuda has evolved into a world center of insurance and reinsurance.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Gary L. Ketchum, James B. Wynn |
| A growing headache: covering other insureds. | Insurance | Bruce E. Copeland, Gregory E. Schopf |
| Allianz, AXA take big steps toward penetrating China. (Allianz AG Holding and AXA-UAP to set up operations in Shanghai, China) | Insurance | |
| Allstate expands coverage in New York City, Long Island. (Allstate Insurance Co.) | Insurance | |
| A marketspace of one's own. (electronic commerce strategies) | Insurance | Alice Morrison, Craig Kaster |
| A new season for crop insurance: as the federal government backs out of the farm insurance market, private insurers are poised to make hay. | Insurance | Ruth Gastel |
| An upside to downsizing. (opportunities for excess and surplus insurance markets provided by corporate downsizing) | Insurance | Gerard Albanese |
| Artificial intelligence helps boost Australian profits. (Australian insurers use computer systems to compete) | Insurance | Paul Beinat |
| A short-lived improvement.(property and casualty insurance)(Review/Preview)(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Teri Watson, Merv Taylor, Cory Luskin |
| A system that works ... so far. (France's catastrophe coverage)(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Bryan W. Miesel |
| Avoiding disability land mines. (disability income insurance) | Insurance | William A. Jackson, Donald E. Martin |
| Avoiding the pitfalls of agency appointments. (new insurance agency appointments by carriers)(Column) | Insurance | Douglas L. Federeau |
| A woman's place: women handle competition differently, view themselves differently and may be better attuned to some changing aspects of insurance. (includes related articles) | Insurance | Lynna Goch |
| AXA-UAP merger will embolden France's private business sector. (combination of AXA G.I.E., Union des Assurances de Paris may trigger more consolidation) | Insurance | David Harari |
| Banks consider the alternative. | Insurance | John M. Covaleski |
| Bank's mortgage insurance venture raises questions of OCC authority. (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) | Insurance | |
| Big begets bigger; as London's reinsurance company market consolidates, it's hard to tell the players without a scorecard.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Gregson Carter, Simon Hu |
| California's sports rulings create a legal minefield. (providers of facilities for dangerous sports may be liable) | Insurance | Edward Everett Vaill |
| Canadian captives explore tax havens.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Mark R. Schittig |
| China warms to insurers. | Insurance | Jerry Warshaw, Janet E. Belkin |
| Considering captives. (captive insurance companies) | Insurance | John Andre, Rich Sudowsky |
| Considering the alternative market: an excerpt from the special report: "A.M. Best to Expand Coverage" | Insurance | |
| Converting crises into opportunities: the world's insurance community is betting Hong Kong will remain the gateway to the Asian economy.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Selina Man |
| Covering cyberspace. (inland marine insurance covers communications and the Internet) | Insurance | Steven DiPilla, Markus Langheinrich, Paul B. Taubman II |
| Cross-selling by any name makes good business sense. (cross-selling in insurance industry) | Insurance | Ernest E. Mack |
| Dancing the technology tango. (need to consider the information technology component during mergers) | Insurance | Andrew Power, John Freeland |
| Decision time is running out. (underwriting trends in the insurance industry could jeopardize the viability of new entrants)(Review/Preview) | Insurance | Teri Watson, Martin Sheffield, Jeanne Dunleavy, Eric Simpson, John Andre, Dan Ryan |
| Denying insurance can be a form of abuse. | Insurance | Terry Fromson |
| Depleted reserves can signal trouble.(property and casualty insurance industry's 1996 core loss reserves) | Insurance | Matthew C. Mosher |
| Dig deep for data: an effective data analysis environment helps insurers target the most likely clients and find a way to attract them. | Insurance | John Freeland, Michael Bernaski |
| Digging the dirt. (data-based insurance fraud control programs)(includes related article on what fraud control programs can and cannot do) | Insurance | Richard A. Johnson |
| Don't forget the underwriter.(Selling Insight) | Insurance | Theresa M. Herter Forde |
| Do your homework before targeting overseas markets. | Insurance | Charles Luchs |
| Emerging convergence: a host of emerging and converging trends will have an impact on the property/casualty insurance industry.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Lawrence I. Wood |
| Facts can puncture fear of air bags. (vehicular safety device) | Insurance | Brian O'Neill |
| Financiers: risk securitization has finally turned the corner. | Insurance | |
| Five years later, the EU is still defining itself.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Diana W. Wormuth |
| Following in their paw prints. (pet insurance) (includes related article about companies that offer alternative pet insurance services) | Insurance | Barbara Mannino |
| French pension law changes may have many ripples.(Global Outlook) | Insurance | Ann P. Leeds |
| Fundamental change and the bottom line: how to improve financial results through employee ownership. (implementing a gainsharing plan) | Insurance | R.A. McDonald, Richard P. Myklebust |
| Germany's market leaders surge farther ahead.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Edward J. Dolezal Jr., Jean Ergas, Marla Mann |
| Getting aggressive about road rage. (promotion of driving safety) | Insurance | Barbara Bowers |
| Global reinsurers mirror U.S. consolidation trend. | Insurance | |
| Going contingent. (contingent commissions for insurance agents) | Insurance | William J. VonSeggern |
| Good intentions, bad policy. (workers' compensation premium credits for efforts to reduce drug abuse in the workplace) | Insurance | Keith Lessner |
| Good news or bad, EMF suits continue; recent reports dismissing connections between electromagnetic fields and health claims are small comfort to defendants and their insurers. | Insurance | John Coveleski |
| Greater risks, uncertain rewards.(property and casualty insurance)(Review/Preview)(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Darian Ryan, Teri Watson, Martin Sheffield, Jeanne Dunleavy, Eric Simpson, Robin Albanese, Matt Mosher, Dolson Smith |
| Group comes of age: any organization of people - even bank customers - can be a fertile market for group insurance sales. | Insurance | Larry Blanchard |
| Having it both ways. (demutualization of mutual insurance firms)(includes related article on demutualization trend in the UK and Australia) | Insurance | Patricia Guinn, Sue Collins |
| Hit the ground running. (need to abandon traditional insurance marketing techniques) | Insurance | Douglas L. Federau |
| Homeowners - beyond catastrophes: homeowners insurance should be a much more profitable business than current performance indicates. | Insurance | Jeff Carlson |
| Hong Kong insurance boom shows few signs of slowing. | Insurance | Nick Crouch |
| How to safeguard against increasing E&O exposures.(errors and omissions) | Insurance | William C. Toll |
| If you can't pay the fine, don't do ... : insurance companies can reduce exposure of criminal prosecution by developing and using a compliance program. | Insurance | Larry P. Schiffer, Vanessa L. Sutter |
| Is the small-town agency history? | Insurance | William C. Toll |
| It was a very mixed year; 1996 financial results: earnings, surplus growth mask insurers' woes as the industry grapples with losses and competition.(property/casualty insurance companies) | Insurance | |
| Latex rubs many the wrong way; allergies to latex rubber are a new source of liability litigation and new concern for loss managers.(Loss Management Insight) | Insurance | Michael A. Tetto |
| Learning a lesson. (property/casualty insurers can benefit from study of managed care market) (includes related article on history of managed care) | Insurance | Richard H. Nahmias, Midge L. Colombo |
| Lessons being learned. (General Electric Co.-Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co. controversy)(includes related article on reinsurers in the Emlico case) | Insurance | Peter T. Maloney |
| Make technology part of superior service. | Insurance | Jim Bolton |
| Malpractice claims are rising, but the buyer base is shrinking. (malpractice insurance and managed health care) | Insurance | |
| Malpractice insurers target alternatives. | Insurance | John Covaleski, Lynna Goch |
| Managed care legislation and workers' comp.(Letter to the Editor) | Insurance | David Corum |
| Match the media to the message. (insurance marketers) | Insurance | Jerry Mainardi |
| Met P&C adds twist to workplace selling. (Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co.) | Insurance | |
| More than billboards and business cards.(selling insurance on the Internet)(Technology) | Insurance | Robert S. Morette, Michael E. Marcus, David M. Neenan |
| Nissan Mutual falls, Japan's first in 50 years. (Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Co.) | Insurance | |
| Not out of the woods. (an excerpt from an A.M. Co. Special Report: "Not Out of the Woods: Lower Estimates Don't End Concerns Over A&E Liabilities") | Insurance | Eric M. Simpson, Peter B. Kellogg, Elizabeth Farrell, Mervyn S. Taylor |
| One flew over the workplace. (new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines for mentally ill workers and employment practices liability and risk management insurance) | Insurance | John R. Cashin |
| Post-takeover Hong Kong will hold to its course. (assessment of insurance industry in Hong Kong) | Insurance | George Lazovsky |
| Profiting from the boom in affinity marketing. | Insurance | Jeffrey Chen |
| Progressive offers auto next week. (Progressive Group) | Insurance | |
| Put some ZIP into pricing; geographic mapping can help insurers calculate more accurate risk estimates for homeowners coverage. | Insurance | Steven Christopherson |
| Recruiting the new breed of insurances CEOs. | Insurance | Barbara Bowers |
| Reducing the risk with a second opinion: making sure there is a qualified chain of medical review will help control insurers' ultimate risk. | Insurance | Marc F. Glickstein |
| Rush hour: whether it's by phone, through banks or in cyberspace, auto insurance writers are in an escalating battle to win the low-cost distribution war. | Insurance | John Covaleskii |
| Scandinavian market reflects European consolidation. (insurance companies consider mergers, eliminate jobs) | Insurance | Diana W. Wormuth |
| Sea change ahead for Japan. (Japan's Insurance Business Law) | Insurance | Allan D. Affleck |
| Seeking the perfect catastrophe index. | Insurance | Imelda Yeung Powers, Michael R. Powers |
| Segment's prospects are slipping.(property and casualty insurance)(Review/Preview) | Insurance | Darian Ryan, Teri Watson, Hope Maxwell, Martin Sheffield, Matt Mosher |
| Selling good fortune. (the prize indemnity insurance market) | Insurance | Douglas McCrum |
| Shakeouts don't happen overnight. (property/casual insurance industry)(Review/Preview) | Insurance | Martin Sheffield, Jeanne Dunleavy, Eric Simpson, Elizabeth Farrell |
| Small companies, large exposures.(employment-practices liability insurance) | Insurance | Charles Luchs |
| Snaring the small alternative account. (small commercial market: alternative markets new frontier) | Insurance | Michael Murphy |
| Solid underwriting can drive strategic alliances.(property and casualty insurance)(Column) | Insurance | Bill Stanway |
| Some salty advice: batten down. (bad hurricane season predicted for US insurers) | Insurance | Brendan Noonan |
| Start global expansion at home. (American insurance companies global expansion) | Insurance | Jerry Warshaw, Janet E. Belkin |
| Taking the measure of Lloyd's. (Lloyd's of London; includes sidebar on the company's underwriting businesses) | Insurance | |
| Taking the next step in hurricane modeling. (property insurance industry should educate the public about hurricane hazard mitigation)(Column) | Insurance | Martin M. Simons |
| The 2% solution. (leakage on insurance premiums) | Insurance | Brenda Banks, Uday Apte |
| The biggest catastrophe: not uniting. (state catastrophe insurance program) | Insurance | Charles M. Luchs |
| The future of the agent. (insurance agent) | Insurance | Steven M. Landberg |
| The insurance market opens wider in Poland. | Insurance | Paul Koscianski |
| The objective is the object. (object-oriented software for generation of business forms) | Insurance | George Martin |
| The other side speaks: three other plaintiffs' lawyers have some chilling thoughts for insurers - and a few surprisingly kind words. | Insurance | Susan Briggs |
| The price of regulation: Japan's huge insurance market has long remained closed to outsiders but at a high cost.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Teruhisa Amano |
| The price of regulation. (regulation on the sale of insurance by banks)(Cover Story) | Insurance | Robert Gettlin |
| The waking bear: the revolution in Russian insurance is just beginning.(Industry Overview) | Insurance | Mark D. Mariska |
| The year 2000 is a problem for more than mainframes. (upgrading computer memory and processing programs for the year 2000) | Insurance | Bill Hartnett |
| Underwriting electronics firms can short-circuit the bottom line.(Column) | Insurance | Bill Stanway |
| Underwriting for the 21st century: the insurance industry cannot address high-tech risk in a low-tech fashion. | Insurance | Charles M. Luchs |
| Use people skills to develop good underwriting relationships.(Column) | Insurance | Ernest E. Mack |
| What am I bid? (unresolved receiverships) | Insurance | Kenneth R. Cone, Richard L. White |
| Working the big picture. (workers compensation insurance) | Insurance | Rebecca S. Bruce |
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