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Best's Review - Número 12 106 2006

Publication: Best's Review

Issues: Número 12 106 2006

Type: Normal

Rights: InC

Title Author Pages
'Tis a gift to be simple : Complex annuities scare off both buyers and advisers, so the industry is offering less intimidating products
A Century of aftershocks : The great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 remains a milestone in insurance risk assesment. On its centennial, the post-Katrina world is asking the obvious: "What if..."
A global future : Research shows the need to break away from old models for many aspects of insurance
A punch to the wallet : Sure, insurance covers assaults and beating, but what about fiscal hostility?
All Shook up : If the 1906 San Francisco earthquake today, insured losses would likely reach 80 billio dollars; however, there are many scenarios capable of producing even greater losses
Boom and bust? : Insurers face new challenges as the baby boom generation may have to work beyond age 70 to maintain its current standard of living
Database essentials : Insurers are faced with the fairness-consistency challenge in settling bodily injury claims
Doing something about weather : Wather derivatives have helped companies control financial risk for nearly a decade. Now that they're trading on a mercantile exchange, sales are really taking off
Growing crop insurance concerns : the 2007 federal budget has agents seeking yet another language change to the Federal Crop Insurance Act
Help Wanted : Although insurance jobs are increasing, aging baby boomers and a decline in college graduates entering the industry are creating a limited supply of talent
Here's to your health : Insurers are working with employers to provide wellness programs in hopes of creating healthier an more productive employees
Hot liability : Recent pro-plaintiff developments in welding fume litigation hvae put welding companies and insurers on the alert
Insurance recruiters : Some search firms specialize in placing insurance professionals in specific lines of business and occupation, while others serve the entire industry
Keeping it simple : Effective simplicity is the product of careful thought, sound judgment and thourough planning
Preparing for the worst : Risk managers are flocking to the annual risk and insurance management society's conference to discuss hot topics including pandemics, wild weather and terrorism
Prescription for fair-play : Insurers and consumers are using litigation to recover overhcarges from pharmaceutical firms that illegally keep generics off the market
The changing face of online distribution : Internet insurance marketing has evolved from being aggregator-driven to being carrier-driven
The Return of own-speciality : Liberalized disability benefits for professional groups suggest that history might repeat itself, to the detriment of insurers
Who will sell life insurance in five years? : Just as the initial wave of baby boomers is starting to retire so will an increasing number of life insurance agents