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Articles in November, 1995 issue of National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

• New Web site looks to educate, sell consumers.(InsWeb, World Wide Web)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Mkt. forces seen changing Lloyd's.(market forces, Lloyd's of London)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Breast cancer claims focus on delay. (delay in diagnosis)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Internet content provider coverage still in infancy.
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Middleton abruptly leaves Lloyd's.(Lloyd's of London CEO Peter Middleton)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Europe also looking to capital mkts. (markets; bypassing insurance market to hedge risk)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• 24-hour coverage remains more myth than magic.(Column)
  by Bateman, Keith T.
• Fla. Windstorm Association wants 124.3% hike in rates.(Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association)
  by Adams, Michael H.
• Consolidation, globalization spur niche marketing growth.
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Employment-related liability claims on the rise.
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Calif. offers alternative to anti-redlining regulations.
• Buyer choices abundant in global benefits pools.
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Retro liability repeal hopes fading. (Superfund retroactive liability repeal legislation)
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Arkansas seeks change in use of credit reports. (criteria for automobile and homeowners insurance)
  by Otis, L.H.
• ACORD sees future role going beyond forms & standards. (Agency-Company Organization for Research and Development; part 3)
  by Maciag, Gregory A.
• NAIC secret meetings eyes participation by legislators.
  by Otis, L.H.
• RIMS president, insurer see an end to broker float. (Risk and Insurance Management Society's William J. Kelley, a J.P. Morgan vice-president)(International Risk Management Forum)
  by Katz, David M.
• Derivatives seen revolutionizing reinsurance.
  by Marchant, David
• Legal system 'breakdown' threatens insurer survival.(PLUS Conference Report)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• New Hampshire cited as healthiest state in U.S.
  by Schwartz, Matthew P.
• NAIC charged with 'hidden agenda.'(National Association of Insurance Commissioners)(Self Insurance Institute of America Convention Report)
  by Katz, David M.
• RHH expands Asian role with HHL.(Rollins Hudig Hall)
  by Dauer, Angela Calise
• Rabin assassination spurs Mideast risk assessment. (Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin)
  by Katz, David M.
• Brokers take a ride on information superhighway. (World Insurance Network Ltd. set up to provide information services and communications in network for six companies)
  by Dauer, Angela Calise
• States can't police insurer discrimination alone.(Column)
  by Rice-Coleman, Lisa
• Standard & Poor's offers ratings via the Internet.(Technology Update)
  by Connolly, Jim
• RMs' fears about ADA unjustified. (risk managers; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)(Inside Risk Management)
  by Pouzar, Ed
• Florida Dept. negotiates 24-hr. cover pilot plan.
  by Adams, Michael H.
• Gingrich WC task force has no federal agenda, chair says.(workers' compensation)
• Nutter calls for public-insurer cat partnership. (catastrophic insurance)(Reinsurance Association of America President Frank Nutter)
  by Hartnett-Barry, Joan
• Merrett decision may open deep pocket for Lloyd's suits.(Merrett Underwriting Agency Management, Lloyd's of London)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Some Lloyd's syndicates show reserve surplus.(Lloyd's of London)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Capital markets support, not replace, insurers.
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Tobacco liability suit hits Florida Supreme Court. (state seeks recovery of Medicaid costs attributed to smoking)
  by Nelson-Morrill, Creston
• How Disney World keeps lawyers out of WC. (Walt Disney World Co.'s workers' compensation program)(SIIA Convention Report)
  by Katz, David M.
• Fla. commissioner to fight excess-profits law repeal.
  by Nelson-Morrill, Creston
• Banks catch the risk-financing fire.
  by Otis, L.H.
• Forbes: Gainsco among 200 best small U.S. firms.(Forbes magazines' list of the 200 best small companies)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Lloyd's CEO starts damage control(Lloyd's of London CEO Ron Sandler)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Hull insurers seen moving into cycle of profitability.
  by Jennings, John
• Fla. sues to recover funds for WC self-insureds.(Florida, workers' compensation insurance)
  by Nelson-Morrill, Creston
• Changes eyed in Superfund reform bill.
  by Brostoff, Steven
• CFA says new regulations help cut auto rates.(Consumer Federation of America, automobile insurance)
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Potential buyers list grows for Aetna's P-C operations. (Aetna Life & Casualty Co.'s property-casualty operations)
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Congress agreement near on investor fraud bill.
  by Fisher, Mary Jane
• Next stop: inner-city U.S.A. (insurance executives can take bus tours of urban areas)(Editorial)
• NAIC investment law unlikely soon.(National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
  by Otis, L.H.
• Lifting caps seen pricing employers out of benefits.
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Reinsurers continue impressive 1995 gains.
  by Jennings, John
• Despite pay hikes, ins. execs called 'underpaid.'(findings of two studies on insurance CEO compensation)
  by Sonshine Pasher, Victoria
• Highway bill may put U.S. back into safety dark ages.(Washington Notebook)(Column)
  by Fisher, Mary Jane
• Tough market stunts brokers' growth.
  by Dauer, Angela Calise
• Health care delivery 'revolution' creates new risks.(American Society for Healthcare Risk Management Convention Report)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Insurer TV advertising up by 22 percent in 1995.(Television Bureau of Advertising statistics)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Federal court backs rates by territory. (automobile insurance rates)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• 'Betterment' shift raises questions for policyholders. (Insurance Services Office's 1994 personal auto insurance policy guidelines)(Column)
  by McCracken, Michael K.
• Pact eyed on agent-backed bank bill.
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Alt. market discovering financial re. (alternative risk funding markets using reinsurance techniques)
  by Otis, L.H.
• Suit settled with Allstate over Calden shooting.(Allstate Insurance Co., former employee Paul Calden)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Florida eyes deductible finance line.(mandatory financial arrangements for high-deductible homeowners insurance)
  by Otis, L. H.
• Contractural liability under CGL still in flux.(commercial general liability insurance)(The FC&S Answer)(Column)
  by Wolters, Eugene F.
• OSHA asbestos rules may trap building owners.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
  by McKeith, Malissa Hathaway
• Cigna restructuring draws protests. (CIGNA Insurance Co.)
  by Jennings, John
• Pools, insurers switch places in municipal market.(Risk Management Beat)
  by Katz, David M.
• Pro. liability firms expand target markets. (professional liability)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Group auto marketing sparks Massachusetts controversy. (automobile insurance)
  by Hartnett-Barry, Joan
• Managed care satisfaction varies: study.
  by Schwartz, Matthew P.
• Reinsurance market fares well in tough times.
  by Dauer, Angela Calise
• Soft market impact on Bermuda finite re debated. (reinsurance)
  by Marchant, David
• Amerisure exits the personal lines market.
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Insurers protest tax hike to rehab police, fire depts.(in Massachusetts)
  by Hartnett-Barry, Joan
• Don't get wrong Lloyd's signal from Middleton leaving.(Lloyd's of London CEO Peter Middleton)(International Scene)
  by Jennings, John
• Winners, losers in P-C insurance profitability race.(National Association of Insurance Commisioners' list of property-casualty insurance profitability rankings)
  by Mooney, Sean F.
• State Farm seeks $3B credit line for cat loss.(catastrophe)
  by Otis, L.H.
• Small agents enlist in 'boot camp' to gain survival skills.
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Tort cost growth levels off, but '94 price tag hits $152B.
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Benchmarking lets agents know where their firms stand.(Column)
  by Reagan, Robert W.
• Lloyd's called on to reduce costs, streamline. (Lloyd's of London)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Committee chair questions quake panel. (California Earthquake Authority)(California Senate Committee on Insurance Chairman Herschel Rosenthal)
  by Otis, L.H.
• New laws to I.D., file bonds pass.(California Department of Insurance)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine

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