Best's Review - Número 1 105 2004

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Números: Número 1 105 2004

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Direitos: InC

Título	Autor	Páginas
A balancing act : attaining the correct loss reserve level requires knowing how much to save today to pay claims in the future
A ruling in the cards : insight : an insurer's duty to defend can be stretched only so far
A welcome reprieve : auto rates are leveling out as claims volume shrinks
Accelerated growth : competition among companies vying fo a piece of the private-passenger auto market is heating up
An untapped resource : insight : risk management services provided through employment practices liability insurance can head off employee lawsuits
Best's Review technology survey results
Clarifying claims : independent, public and staff do insurers really need all these adjusters?
Constructing a case - How a public adjuster works
Defensive moves : assessing whether to try os settle a bad faith lawsuit involves many factors with much at stake for various parties
End of a tradition : Lloyd's plan to move to U.K. GAAP and then to International Accounting Standards promises to bring transparency to a traditional market that is now dominated by corporate interests
Hong Kong : is it a gateway to China?
independent adjusters - a little help from your friends
Industry strategies : open for business : ever so slowly, China's market takes shape as regulatory rules solidify
Learning on the job : insight : education and dedication to sound underwriting will foster success in hard and soft market conditions
Life/Health Marketplace
Loss/Risk Management Notes
Money-back guarantee : variable-annuity writers have rejuvenated their products by protecting buyers from the dark side of the markets
Outside opinion : with greater accountability being demanded in the business world, independent underwriting auditors can help life insurers find problems and pass scrutiny
Packing the portfolio : insight : portfolio management allows IT operations to be measured from a business process-centric perspective
Priced to sell : some well-capitalized physicianowned mutuals keep competitors at bay with aggressive pricing strategies
Property/Casualty Marketplace
Protecting the stone : Jewelers Mutual Insurance finds a gem in tough security measures
rMoving IT forward : insurers new business/technology partnership drive information technology investments
Securing today, securing tomorrow
Selling the stream : life insurers are raising new capital by selling projected cash flows as an investment package
Shopping around : AgoraRe.com offers life insurers and reinsurers an inline merketplace for facultative reinsurance
Sizing up : insight : managers need to measure costs and revenue to gauge the importance of size and scale in distribution
The Actuary's Role
U-Shaped curves : insight : teleunderwriting's many advantages can be undermined if underwriters consistently overstep prudent boundaries
Unusual suspects : companies best known for selling stocks or issuing credit cards are making inroads into the life insurance marketplace through selling and manufacturing life and annuity products
VAs with Guarantees vs. Index products : competitors or apples and oranges?