Best's Review - Número 12 102 2002

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Números: Número 12 102 2002

Tipo: Normal

Derechos: InC

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Alliances, acquisitions build direct-selling channels
Best friends : auto-body shops, former symbols of mom-and-pop businesses, are evolving into streamlined networks and offering attractive cost solutions for auto insurers
Breaking apart the monolith : insight : outsourcing should be considered for parts of insurers core business
Building a system that works
Cashing out : big banks and insurers are putting money into the business of buying unwanted life insurance policies, a trend that foreshadows growth for the still-new industry
Common-sense claims reduction : insurers must recognize the need to educate construction contractors about coverage and liability, to solve the problem of rising claims costs
Core capabilities limit innovation : insight : often, underwriting, policy-administration and claims-management infrastructure is so restrictive that it cannot support business strategies
Data decisions : insight : how much insurers value control of customer data will determine how they deal with account aggregation
Demand performance : as the american work force gets older, group health insurers feel prepared to handle the growing demand for health care
Fraud : the ugly side of the relationship
Growing captives : insight : more japanese captives are forming in Hawaii, because it offers economic, legislative and cultural advantages
Head of N.Y. nursing homes champions reform
Home sweet home : insurers are examinig the risks and advantages of writing joint homeowners and renters policies for unmarried domestic partners
Hope foa a healthy marketplace : the nation's financially stressed long-term-care system needs an environment more friendly to private payors and private providers
In Sync with customers : making the right technology investments is only part of the formula for insurers to achieve profitability, growth and market leadership. The key is to achieve an understanding of customers and to act on that knowledge
Insurers to boost e-business spending, survey finds
Insuring an independent lifestyle : consumer needs and government regulations have expanded long-term-care insurance to cover myriad services, but the evolution isn't complete
Is there still room for viaticals?
Life settlement criteria
Life/Health marketplace
Living longer working longer
Looking at life sales in a new light
Looking at risk anew : some aspects of risk management - particularly subrogation and crisis response - are getting a closer look since the Sept. 11 attacks
Loss/Risk management notes
Making his mark : Christopher M. "Kip" Condron is hoping to use his extensive background in banking and financial services to position Axa Financial and its insurance subsidiary to compete for consumers savings
Mix and match : insurers are using various combinations of agents, the Internet, work-site marketing and direct marketing to shape the 21st-century distribution system
Property/casualty marketplace
RIMS leadership pursues international scope
Standard fire policy dates back to 19th Century
State vs. Federal : insurers and regulators continue to debate the pros and cons of insurance regulation as it is - on a state-by-state basis - and as some would like it to be - with an option for federal oversight
Switching gears : electronic rate and form filing can hasten product approvals, but adaptation is hampered by technological incompatibility and administrative procedures
Thumbs up for specialization : insight : insurance companies with focused strategies are rewarded with higher market valuations
Trial by fire : terrorism and nuclear exclusions are limited in states that adhere to the standard fire policy
Unprecedented exposures : the 40th RIMS conference will address the new challenges faced by risk managers ranging from terrorist attacks to toxic mold and acconting irregularities
Working on work-site sales