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Articles in January, 1996 issue of National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

• Texas WC insurers warned on rates.(workers' compensation)
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Cigna restructuring threatens insureds, regulators.(Column)
  by Hunter, J. Robert
• High-tech age brings with it new exposures.(Market Watch)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Insurers can help slow down speed limit hikes.(Editorial)
• Agents explore new Internet options.
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Reg. prompts carriers to target N.Y. auto mkt. (auto insurance market in New York state)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Bank-agent battle reaches top court.(bank insurance powers issue may be settled in the US Supreme Court)
  by Brostroff, Steve
• Insurers get claims two years after earthquake.(Northridge, California, earthquake of 1994)
• Doctor plans can cut costs below HMOs. (managed-care plans)
  by Schwartz, Matthew P.
• Microsoft, Met set up on-line link. (Metropolitan Property and Casualty)
  by Katz, David M.
• Medical costs rise slows, A&A finds.(Alexander and Alexander Consulting Group)
  by Dauer, Angela Calise
• Some still long for Fed regulation.
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Terra Nova to acquire Lloyd's MGA. (Terra Nova Holdings, Lloyd's of London's managing general agent Octavian Syndicate Management)
• NAIC may alter executive committee. (National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
  by Otis, L.H.
• Changing demographics will drive auto insurance.(Column)
  by Mooney, Sean F.
• Insurers ask Supreme Court to put brake on HUD regs.(Department of Housing and Urban Development)
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Insurance companies bolstering Lloyd's capacity.
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Insurance stock year-end rally is right on schedule.
  by Meakin, Thomas K.
• Combined Travelers/Aetna Co. names new managers.(Aetna Life and Casualty; details of proposed merger)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Sen. cites 'erosion of employer-based coverage.'(US Senator John D. Rockefeller IV)
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Auto agent alliance wheels turning. (National Auto Agents Alliance)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Northwest storm damages estimated at $240M.(American Insurance Services Group's Property Claim Services division report)
• New strategy seen in Talegen sale. (Talegen Holdings Inc.)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Alternative Calif. redlining regulations debated. (California and insurance)
• Florida grapples with pollution coverage dispute.
  by Adams, Michael H.
• CGL pollution exclusion draws heat from agents.(commercial general liability insurance)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• What consumers want from agents. (Independent Insurance Agents of America study)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Case management programs show solid returns.(survey by Health Insurance Association of America)
  by Schwartz, Matthew P.
• Opinion split on how to assess cost of capital.(for insurance companies)
• ISO: P-C insurance lads in investment potential.(Insurance Services Office)
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• ISO offers homeowners endorsements. (Insurance Services Office)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Internet can revolutionize ins. sales. (insurance; includes related article on Internet terminology)
  by Ticehurst, Darrell J.
• Flat tax could derail employee benefit gravy train.
  by Fisher, Mary Jane
• EIL 'black hole' manageable, Best says.(environmental and asbestos liability will not ruin the property-casualty insurance industry, according to A.M. Best)
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Auto residual market still a burden.(Alliance of American Insurers' report)
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Doctors should talk more, test less, task force says. (United States Preventive Task Force)
  by Schwartz, Matthew P.
• Allstate settles with California agents.(Allstate Insurance Co.)
• Why self-insure in a soft market?(Inside Risk Management)(Column)
  by Pouzar, Ed
• Web site launched for managed care shoppers.
• Strategic transformation bolsters insurance industry.
  by Mooney, Sean F.
• Ins. groups dismiss new bank plan as non-starter. (legislative proposal by banks allowing them to handle insurance products)
  by Brostoff, Steven
• AIG, Clarendon seek 300,000 Florida JUA policies. (American International Group Inc., Clarendon National Insurance Co., Florida's Residential Property and Casualty Joint Underwriting Association's homeowner policies)
  by Adams, Michael H.
• Agent-owned ins. carrier launched in Louisiana.(United Agents Insurance Co.)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Pollution reserving outlook brighter, some say.(Special Report: Environmental Liability)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Lloyd's seen as lacking control of mkt. capacity.
  by Jennings, John
• Managed care turning to systems review tools.
  by Schwartz, Matthew P.
• KWELM creditors receiving a second payment.
  by Jennings, John
• New York state to repeal 24 regs, change 77 others.
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Aetna comes out with new underwriting rules.(Aetna Life & Casualty)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Internal sites spark RM ambitions. (Internet sites, risk management)
  by Katz, David M.
• Nationwide plans to exit certain markets in Mass.(Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Softening trend seen in 1996 property-catastrophe market.(rates fall during 1996 renewal season)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Calif. governor backs no-fault auto initiative.(Pete Wilson)
• Co.-sponsored saving plans growing.
  by Niedielski, Joe
• Ohio agents fight dept. on bank agencies.(Ohio Insurance Department)
  by West, Diane
• N.J. agents ordered to pay $3.4M.(by New Jersey Department of Insurance)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Deal may be near for Xerox's Talegen.(Talegen Holdings)
  by Niedzielski, Joe
• Corporate capital gains at Lloyd's. (Lloyd's of London)
  by Jennings, John
• Muhl: regs. may be needed for raters. (New York Insurance Superintendent Edward J. Muhl proposing regulations for rating agencies)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Capital markets are no panacea.(Editorial)
• Pa. Dept. gets green light to rule on Cigna proposal.(Pennsylvania insurance department on Cigna's proposed property and casualty business restructuring)
  by Jennings, John
• Sorting values can be difficult on building losses.(The FC&S Answer)
  by Wolters, Eugene F.
• No UM cover found for Texas drive-by shooting.(uninsured motorist insurance)
  by Otis, L.H.
• Calif. auto reformers hit Rosenfield.(consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield)
• Broker penetrates piercing market; the body piercing mkt. explodes, prompting ins. plan development.(insurance coverage for body piercing parlors)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• Insurer fears stalling deals on Internet, consultant says.
  by Katz, David
• Calif. quake facility placing re cover. (California Earthquake Authority, reinsurance coverage)
• No redlining evidence found in Mass. study. (Massachusetts)
  by Hartnett-Barry, Joan
• Risk managers advised to lock in D&O contracts.(directors' and officers' liability insurance)
  by Katz, David M.
• Superfund politics swaying estimates of cleanup costs.
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Aetna appoints exclusive agency for nonprofit groups. (Aetna Casualty & Surety; Charity First)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Service keys client choice, IIAA finds.(Independent Insurance Agents of America report)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Home-based ins. mkt. booming.(American Association of Insurance Services)(Product Announcement)
  by Gilbert, Evelyn
• It's time for RMs to get a taste of the E-mail tingle.(risk managers)
  by Katz, David M.
• Business Roundtable calls for revised Superfund plan.
  by Brostoff, Steven
• Lloyd's aims to streamline its self-regulatory system. (Lloyd's of London)
  by Howard, Lisa S.
• Wall St. analysts bullish on ITT Hartford spinoff.(ITT Hartford Group Inc.)
  by Sclafane, Susanne
• Maine's WC pool sues 19 insurers.(Maine Workers' Compensation Residual Market Pool)
  by Pasher, Victoria Sonshine
• Case management benefits all parties. (management of disability and job-rehabilitation cases)(Editorial)
• Cigna critics bash restructuring plan.
  by Jennings, John

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