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Abstracts: Assisting clients with self-insurance. But outlook is only fair as competition heats up. Perfect together
Abstracts: A survey of global insurance opportunities. The "temporary" CPCU - adjusting to the changing workplace. Redlining myths and realities
Abstracts: A system that works ... so far. Survey foresees increase in mergers, acquisitions. Pay and performance must go hand in hand; agencies that want to improve individual performances should implement compensation systems that motivate employees
Abstracts: A taxing dilemma. Structured for success. A level playing field; an increase in the excise tax would place domestic reinsurers on a more level playing field with their foreign competitors
Abstracts: A tough market takes its toll. A short-lived improvement. A look at ratings trends
Abstracts: Attending to detail. Watching conference dollars. Unifying diversity
Abstracts: Auto insurance - 1991. Lasting storm damage. The top 250
Abstracts: Automatic enrollments in 401(k) plans are not automatically an automatic decision. Directors' retirement plans: here to stay or gone for good?
Abstracts: Automation in underwriting: what do P.T. Barnum and Martha Stewart have in common? Anticipate broad patterns of change
Abstracts: Average policy size. 1991 sales results of the top insurers. 1991 lapse ratios on ordinary business
Abstracts: A vital partnership. Is the small-town agency history? Hit the ground running
Abstracts: Avoid driving square peg into a hole that's round. Bulletin boards now have gone corporate. Training for software success
Abstracts: Avoiding disability land mines. Rebuilding homeowners coverage. Rooting out quacks
Abstracts: Avoiding the pitfalls of agency appointments. Carrier-agency planning aids appointment success. Agency councils provide powwow for profits
Abstracts: Awash in fraud. Covering cyberspace. Closing the book on library losses
Abstracts: A woman's place. Agent groups offer year 2000 tips. Finding the right agent can stop the revolving door
Abstracts: A year of modest premium growth: competition in the property/casualty market held 1996 premium growth to 3.6%
Abstracts: Bailout for storm-tossed states. Communications under wraps. Exercising restraint
Abstracts: Balancing capital with risks. 1991 industry bond holdings. Claims management as a top priority
Abstracts: Bank custodian not an ERISA fiduciary. Claims administrator with discretionary control was functional fiduciary
Abstracts: Bank distribution called opportunity for insurers. Surge in life sales proves French bancassurance's success. Banks stake their claim
Abstracts: Banking on platform automation. Getting frenetic about genetics. Fundamental change and the bottom line: how to improve financial results through employee ownership
Abstracts: Banks consider the alternative. Hong Kong insurance boom shows few signs of slowing. Hong Kong reports robust market, although auto premiums declined
Abstracts: Banks face sales barriers as agents lobby states. The devil is in the details. Agents' worst nightmare: banks are gaining the edge to sell insurance in a big way
Abstracts: Bank's mortgage insurance venture raises questions of OCC authority. Closing the back door on banks
Abstracts: Banks stake their claim. Bancassurance American style: opportunities in partnerships. Distribution channels debated for banks in insurance
Abstracts: Bayer's new work "Metrics" align vision and values. Can Congress afford prescription drugs? Food or medicine - must seniors choose?
Abstracts: Be careful what you wish for. A rising tide lifts all. Is privatization the cure for social security?
Abstracts: Become an ambassador for managed care. Employers take a bite of managed dental care. Dividing the information highway: some insurers are reserving their cyberspace efforts only for top producers
Abstracts: Benchmarking insurers' investments: study advances effort to grade insurers' investment strategies. A.M. Best rates HMOs: tracking a fast-growing market
Abstracts: Benchmarks of effective managerial performance appraisals. Why managers can't increase productivity with current methods, and what the CEO should do about it
Abstracts: Benefits due diligence issues in a carve-out transaction. Wage analysis: minimum wage and application of the living wage
Abstracts: Benefits round-up
Abstracts: Benefits round-up. Enron executives may be liable for retirement plan losses. Third Circuit rejects "elimination" of retirement-type shutdown benefits
Abstracts: Best personal lines markets: minorities, rural areas offer opportunities. Reward small accounts for good behavior
Abstracts: Best's Rating Changes. Best's rating monitor: monthly review of life/health companies. Best's Rating Monitor: annual review of life/health insurers
Abstracts: Best's rating monitor
Abstracts: Best's rating monitor: annual review of international companies. Review of international companies
Abstracts: Best's rating monitor: annual review of life/health insurers. Annual review of life/health insurers
Abstracts: Best's rating monitor: annual review of property/casualty insurers. Best's rating monitor; annual review of property/casualty insurers
Abstracts: Beware of green cards: the new U.S. tax consequences 0f relinquishment. Tax relief for not-for-profits' retirement programs
Abstracts: Beyond Bermuda. NAPSLO Annual Meeting. Beyond communication: investment education for the long run
Abstracts: Beyond the rabbi trust. Investing in a grandchild's future. Business planning for the planner
Abstracts: Big health care networks invite government control. Managed care strategies creating doctor surplus. Gag rule bill heads for bipartisan approval
Abstracts: Big quake losses lurk in unexpected regions; earthquake risks extend beyond California. Insurers must model future catastrophe exposures regardless of frequency
Abstracts: B is for Baldrige. Economic revival in 1992: a sure thing. Life industry faces crisis of confidence
Abstracts: B is for Baldrige. Facing the crisis. Around the clock
Abstracts: Boarding the IMSA train. The state(s) of the alternative markets. Life reinsurers step forward
Abstracts: Bounty from the bar. Supreme court decision on who is an employee affects benefits. Paperless plan administration of distributions and loans
Abstracts: Breaking barriers to serving urban markets. Redlining myths and realities. Exploring pollution prevention opportunities in the insurance and risk management professions
Abstracts: Brokers learn benefits of using surveillance. Technological advances bolster client services. Ending tax games
Abstracts: Building a Better Ark. On Stage and at Risk. Insurer Held Liable for Safety Advice
Abstracts: Building a Global Presence. Strategic fiscal methods protect clients' assets. Setting up shop in the global village
Abstracts: Building an enduring link between executive pay and company performance. Measuring the internal equity of executive pay
Abstracts: Building new catastrophe models. Managed care mysteries haunting workers' comp. Models and plans crucial in catastrophe management
Abstracts: Building retirement nest eggs with self-directed plans. Where did all the surplus go, long time passing? Where did all the surplus go?
Abstracts: Bulletin boards now have gone corporate. It's deja vu all over again: a new wave of vendors is redefining the agency systems market
Abstracts: Buy term or cash value? The debate continues. Search for opportunities in the 403 (b) market. Variable sees a new day
Abstracts: Calling out before the flood. A capital question. Raising capital: a game of musical chairs
Abstracts: Calming down jittery consumers (report on annual meeting of the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association)
Abstracts: Calming down jittery consumers (report on annual meeting of the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association) part 2
Abstracts: Capitalizing on technology. The new technology wave. Setting up expert systems failure
Abstracts: Captivating captives. Alternative directions. High stakes in the alternative market
Abstracts: Captive formation surges; the number of captives hits 4,000 worldwide as more companies send their life, property/casualty and health care risks to specialized, single-purpose companies
Abstracts: Captives keep thriving in the soft marketplace. General liability held back on A&E reserving. The other side speaks: three other plaintiffs' lawyers have some chilling thoughts for insurers - and a few surprisingly kind words
Abstracts: Capture more business with second-tier market. Study examines risks in nontraditional market. How to safeguard against increasing E&O exposures
Abstracts: Career corner: You've just been fired. Career Corner: Using a job diary to deal with job loss
Abstracts: Career success means coping with change. Teaching and learning are components of success
Abstracts: Care management and workplace health gainsharing in Canada: partners for successful outcomes. Lump sums and risks of the postretirement period
Abstracts: Carriers and agencies must pool their talents; by working together and capitalizing on complementary skills, agencies and companies can achieve higher growth rates
Abstracts: Carriers are responsible for helping their agents. Hidden dangers lurk in perpetuation plans: if not properly prepared, perpetuation plans can not only hurt agents and agencies - but also put carriers at risk
Abstracts: Carriers can help agents develop business plans; business planning is widely acknowledged as a critical factor in agency success, so why aren't carriers helping agents develop effective strategies?
Abstracts: Carving a Niche in the Mature Market. A new way to deliver products. Finding the right mix makes the difference: successful direct-response marketing takes the right combination of marketing factors
Abstracts: Casualty claims service need not be a gamble. Restoration is an option in settling claims. Red flags can signal claims to investigate
Abstracts: Catastrophe bundles can deal with unknown risk. Pseudo psychology and fear of injury. Time to act
Abstracts: Catastrophes, asbestos hurt multi-peril writers. Homeowners results pummeled. Medical malpractice lost steam in 1995
Abstracts: Cat loss estimates: models of disaster. A new season for crop insurance: as the federal government backs out of the farm insurance market, private insurers are poised to make hay
Abstracts: Causes and consequences of ineffective supervisory compensation systems. Benchmarks for effective performance rating instruments
Abstracts: CD-ROM's business use is music to agents' ears. Tap the Internet's endless supply of information. Peeking into insurance's online future
Abstracts: CEO pay, pay differentials, and the pay-performance linkage. Building an enduring link between executive pay and company performance
Abstracts: CEOs express skepticism about selling on the Internet. Establish e-mail policy to avoid legal pitfalls. Data warehousing creates one stop shopping source
Abstracts: Certain employer plans hold risk for agents. Indexed annuities are hot yet complicated products. Declining life sales not just agents' fault
Abstracts: Challenges facing inland marine insurers. Inland marine continues its rebound: statistical study: despite record losses, inland marine's underwriting results remained profitable
Abstracts: Changes continue for di insurers. Don't rush to mandate unproven therapy coverage; experimental treatments can hurt patients and often put insurers in a quandary over whether to reimburse
Abstracts: Changes in work/family status and their impact on changes of coverage. View from Washington. Medicare managed care: a critical crossroad
Abstracts: Changing the rules for discounting. The state(s) of the alternative markets. Paper chase
Abstracts: Changing the way career agents are trained. Continuing education must be a way of life. Mentoring is one approach to agent retention issue
Abstracts: Changing with the times. Current environment u industry performance continues to improve. Comparative company analysis - insurance: life & health
Abstracts: China warms to insurers. Considering captives. Even small agencies should ride info highway
Abstracts: Chiropractic satisfies customers. How the Blues are adapting in a fast changing market. Health plan vs. provider: yesterday's adversaries, tomorrow's partners
Abstracts: Choking on asbestos claims. Market mania. Protecting agents' stake in the Superfund debate
Abstracts: Choosing a business model. The Rock meets the street. Agents must adjust as carriers change ways
Abstracts: Choosing a competitive advantage. Up close and personal will always have its place. Identifying key agents cuts carriers' costs
Abstracts: Circuit court rules on qualification ratio. IRS rules interest changes do not create new contracts. Mergers of insurers result in tax-attribute carryovers
Abstracts: Circuit courts split on contribution of property to a qualified plan. Final regulations on fiduciary liability for participant-directed investments
Abstracts: Circumstances dictate whether to sue or not. In employment practices suits, conduct controls coverage. Discriminating questions insurers should ask
Abstracts: Claims wars. Financiers: risk securitization has finally turned the corner. Ways to manage diversity
Abstracts: Clearing the air on indoor pollution. Managing the costs of on-line information. Considering the alternative market: an excerpt from the special report: "A.M. Best to Expand Coverage"
Abstracts: Clearing up a murky tax issue. The How and Why of Bank Entry. Captive Insurers: Where Are We Headed?
Abstracts: Client/server technology gives competitive edge. Back to the future. Investing in technology is a matter of survival
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