Best's Review - Número 10 106 2006

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Números: Número 10 106 2006

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A big step up. If the life settlement industry can make its business easier to understand, years of impressive growth could follow
A new vision. As agents and carriers recognize the underserved insurance needs of African-American and urban markets, competition for these groups is heating up
At your service. Service-oriented architecture is a tool for the adaptive enterprise
Covering the unthinkable : in today¿s world, no insurance package is really complete without terrorism insurance
Diagnosis: expect growth spurt. Poland leads health insurance modernization among the former Soviet satellite states
Digital rescue. How three insurers used technology to solve underwriting problems, including speed, pricing and accumulation of risk
Environmental claims. Excess-umbrella carriers may have to clean up after government-mandated orders
Follow the leader. As Wal-Mart and other mega-employers offer health savings accounts, some industry experts believe it¿s only a matter of time until more companies jump on the HSA bandwagon
Holistic risk management : agents and brokers offer services to help consumers deal with a changing world
Insuring the intangible : electronic intellectual-property exposures are growing rapidly for companies and businesses, while new technologies and practices also may put individuals at risk
Investment assessment. A look back at how property/casualty insurers¿ investment strategies have fared since 1999
Medical breakthrough : Dr. David Brailer is moving the goal of electronic health records for most Americans, along with a national health information technology infrastructure, closer to reality
Nothing to lose but chains : rather than allow ourselves to stagnate at a time of great opportunity, we underwriters must become more involved
Preparing for the worst : a two-pronged disaster management plan requires preparation and practice in responding to natural and man-made perils
Producing results : producer lifecycle management can improve recruiting, contracting and appointing agents
Regulator Yearbook. The 2006 Insurance Commissioners
Retirement coaches. As Americans fret abouttheir post-career lives, insurers see big opportunities to help
Searching for a cause. Adjusters struggle to find out whether wind or flood produced Katrina¿s devastation
Status Quo vs. Change. Unraveling the knots in the current health-care system will require strategies bigger than any single enterprise
Super regulator at work. United Kingdom¿s Financial Services Authority adjusts to its broadening role
Weathering change : insurers must realize that the 2005 mega-storms were not an anomaly, but a harbinger of things to come