Best's Review - Número 5 100 1999

Issues: Número 5 100 1999

Type: Normal

Rights: InC

Title	Author	Pages
Finishing school : dozans of insurance executives honed their skills at American International Group, then left to lead other companies
Home improvement : catastrophes hurt homeowners results last year, but direct premiums grew by 6.5%
Insuring thrill seekers : amusement park underwriters study accidents, acreage, admissions and attitudes
Judge delivers bad news to UPS : United Parcel Service could pay nearly $1.7 billion and is revamping how it insures packages after the US Tax Court ruled that its offshore reinsurance setup was a "sham"
Making waves : Catherine A. Rein vowed to make MetLife Auto & Home one of the top 10 writers of property/casualty personal lines, with the acquisition of St. Paul's personal lines, she's getting close
On the mark : originally a way for firefighters to identity insured buildings, fire marks are now collectors' items that are sometimes quite valuable
Pcking up the pieces : South Korea's government pulls away from its close relationship with insurers as it demands greater solvency
Selling the cross-sell : insurers are using rewards, penalties and, most of all, training to motivate property/casualty agents to sell life policies to their customers
Strategic defense initiatives : as mutual insurers convert to stock companies, some believe they need to protect themselves from hostile takeovers