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Articles in September, 2007 issue of Best's Review

• MassMutual Retirement Income.(Life)(appointment of Douglas Russell)(Brief article)
• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it acquired Strategic Health Plans Corp., a Carmel, Ind.-based employee benefit brokerage.(Agent/Broker)
• Dutch insurer Aegon N.V. and Spanish bank Caja de Ahorros de Santander y Cantabria have agreed to establish a jointly owned bancassurance.(Europe)(Brief article)
• Guy Carpenter & Co.(Agent/Broker)(appointments)(Brief article)
• That's entertainment.(Editor's Prologue)(American Society of Business Editors recently honored Best's Review with five awards for journalistic excellence )
  by Goch, Lynna
• Katrina 'backlash' ends Dale's career.(Briefing)
  by Grier, Chris
• On guard: one year ago, insurers implemented tough new federal anti-money-laundering regulations. Whether they're effective in fighting terrorism waits to be seen.(Regulation: Life)
  by Panko, Ron
• Fading fast: traditional retiree benefits are disappearing. can new products help employers recruit and retain talent?(Retiree Benefits: Health/Employee Benefits)(Report)
  by Panko, Ron
• The big question: will new retirees actually 'annuitize' their annuities?(Annuities: Life)
  by Lysiak, Fran Matso
• 'New generation' of insurance.(Life/Health)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. said it completed the sale of its Putnam Investments unit to Great-West Lifeco Inc., a financial services holding company controlled by Canada's Power Financial Corp., for $3.9 billion in cash.(Agent/Broker)(Brief article)
• Olympus Insurance Co.(Homeowners)(Brief article)
• Scor secures converium ownership, names new board.(Briefing)(Scor aquired Converium Holding A.G.)(Brief article)
  by Pilla, David
• The high net worth * share their thoughts.(SNAPSHOT)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Meetings.(Briefing)(Brief article)(Calendar)
• Best's rating changes.(Ratings)(Table)(Company rankings)
• Taming the cat: securitizing pandemic losses offers life insurers a guaranteed way to fund potential claims.(Mortality Catastrophe Bonds: Reinsurance/Capital Markets)
  by Bagus, Ghalid
• XL Capital Ltd.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of Brian Nocco)(Brief article)
• Ing.(Life)(appointment of X. Rick Niu)(Brief article)
• Zurich Financial Services Group is renaming its South African business, SA Eagle, to Zurich Insurance Company South Africa Ltd.(Middle East/Africa)(Brief article)
• The lost colonies: insurers who already protect farmers with crop insurance are expanding coverage to honeybee keepers, whose hives are being decimated by a mysterious disorder.(Crop Insurance: Property/Casualty)(Report)
  by Green, Meg
• Insurers win major Katrina flood ruling.(Highlights From BestWeek: Briefing)
  by Grier, Chris
• Principal's sponsor hits track full speed.(BRANDING)(Brief article)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Life by the book.(Leading Writers: Life)(Life insurence industrial ranking is base on the amount of total ordinary life issued in 2006.)(Industry ranking)(Statistical table)
• Study: drivers stop too close to school buses.(Loss/Risk Management Insight: Property/Casualty)
  by Green, Meg
• Changing the rules: if agents are to be successful, they may have to redefine their goals.(Selling Insight: Life)
  by Girone, Bill
• Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.(Life/Health)(Kentucky Office of Insurance)(Brief article)
• New York Life Insurance Co.(Life)(promotion of Gary Scofield)(Brief article)
• Metlife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, intends to buy Safeguard Health Enterprises Inc., which sells dental and vision plans in California, Florida,Texas and Nevada.(Life/Health)(Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.)(Brief article)
• Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group Plc.(Asia/Pacific)(Brief article)
• Alexander Forbes dropped from A.M. best stock index.(Briefing)(Brief article)
  by Pilla, David
• Domestic captives: money in the bank, uncertainty ahead.(By the Numbers)(Financial report)(Brief article)
• Sun Life launches bonus annuity.(Life/Health)(Sun Life Financial)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• A clearer understanding: citing a need to improve consumers' understanding of title insurance, the federal government issues a report calling for more regulatory oversight.(Title Insurance Regulation: Regulatory/Law)
  by Cavanaug, Bonnie Brewer
• Here, there and everywhere: more and more, insurance sales recruiters look outside the industry for viable candidates.(Recruiting Agents: Agent/Broker)
  by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer
• A.M. best's stock indexes: four weeks ended August 16, 2007.(Briefing)(Statistical table)
• Tolle ends speculation, will remain with Lloyd's.(Companies)(Rolf Tolle)(Lloyd's Life Assurance Ltd.)(Brief article)
  by O'Connor, Robert
• Heading in the right direction: for excess & surplus writers, the energy, high-tech and consulting markets beckon.(Excess & Surplus: Property/Casualty)
  by Pilkington, Dale H.
• Zurich Financial Services Group.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(appointment of Kristof Terryn)(Brief article)
• Lincoln Financial Group.(Life)(appointments)(Brief article)
• Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. has taken a controlling interest in Island Heritage Holdings Ltd.(Reinsurance)(Brief article)
• Partnership boosts accountants' cover.(Property/Casualty)(Liberty International Underwriters partners with Lemme Insurance Group )(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has named Roger Crandall and William Glavin Jr. to the positions of co-chief operating officers.(Life)(appointments)(Brief article)
• Global insurance broker Hub International Ltd. will acquire all outstanding stock of the Rigg Group Inc., in a deal Hub intends to use to launch a new Texas-based regional platform.(Agent/Broker)
• Max Capital Group Ltd.(Capital Markets)(Brief article)
• Actress stresses the value of life insurance.(LIFE INSURANCE)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Beneficial disruption: smart insurers use predictive modeling to boost strategic and tactical decision-making.(Underwriting Insight: Property/Casualty)
  by Coyne, Frank J.
• Mark Bertolini, 51, named new president of Aetna Inc.(People in Insurance)(promotion)(Brief article)
  by Bernaski, Rebecca
• Quote/unquote.(Comment)(Quotation)
• Captive formations not impacted by softening environment.(Briefing)(Brief article)
  by Dankwa, David
• Aon says no to 'supplemental' commission offers from carriers.(Companies)(Brief article)
  by Dankwa, David
• Turn adversity to your advantage: in times of crisis' leaders in our industry need to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and show us all the way out.(Loss/Risk Management Insight: Property/Casualty)
  by Ewing, Lance
• Navigating retirement: today's variable annuities offer smooth sailing for retirees facing investment and longevity risks.(Underwriting Insight: Life)
  by Fishbein, Robert A.
• A.M. Best hosts ad summit.(CONFERENCES)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Dutch insurer Ing Group N.V. and Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth-largest bank, signed a memorandum of understanding on a 10-year distribution agreement for life and pension insurance and employee benefits.(Life/Health)(Brief article)
• Allianz China Life Insurance Company Ltd.(Asia/Pacific)(granted license for setting life insurance branch)(Brief article)
• U.K. life insurer Scottish Widows Plc plans to sell closed life fund operator Abbey Life Assurance Co. Ltd. to Deutsche Bank AG for 977 million [pounds sterling] (about $1.9 billion) in cash.(Life/Health)
• Mediterranean storm prediction stirs new concerns.(Highlights From BestWeek: Briefing)(Brief article)
  by O'Connor, Robert
• U.K. flood losses point to higher premiums.(Briefing)(Allianz Aktiengesellschaft Holding)
  by O'Connor, Robert
• High evolved: more insurers are using technology to amplify their brands and to entertain.(Branding: Technology)(Cover story)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Making the move: regulatory changes have forced life insurers to explore new ways to fund reserves.(Securitization: Reinsurance/Capital markets)
  by Brill, Elizabeth K.; Dembeck, John; Potter, Nicholas F.
• Affirming viatical settlement laws: the NAIC developed the viatical settlements model act to protect insureds and to create a transparent and fair viaticat settlements market.(Legal Insight: Regulatory/Law)(National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
  by Darras, Frank N.
• Build a career plan: are you pursuing an informed career path or merely a series of jobs?(Technology Notes: Technology)
  by Landberg, Steven
• Back-to-school with insurance.(Property/Casualty)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Axa Advisors LLC.(Life)(appointment of Andrew Mcmahon)(Brief article)
• Highway Insurance Holdings Plc.(United Kingdom)(Brief article)
• After the floods, a mapper's cup runneth over.(Briefing)(Simon Warsop is head of flood mapping for Norwich Union )
  by O'Connor, Robert
• New policy addresses estate tax.(SPOTLIGHT)
  by Panko, Ron
• Defective goods from China have many insurers on edge.(Highlights From BestWeek: Briefing)
  by Dankwa, David
• Communications and brand analytics.(PROPERTY/CASUALTY)(Brief article)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Now boarding: last year nearly a million Americans traveled abroad for health-care procedures, and some health plans are offering coverage.(Medical Tourism: HEALTH/EMPLOYEE BENEFITS)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Letting go: small insurers can optimize business by outsourcing noncore activities such as data entry, employee recruitment and Web site management.(Outsourcing: Agent/Broker)(As business process outsourcing continues to take off in the insurance industry
  by Epstein, Dan
• Senate judiciary data-breach bills would held insurers, says Hiscox USA.(Technology Notes: Technology)
• $10 million dollar smile: Lloyd's, insurer of famous legs, voices and schnozzolas, adds America Ferrera's pearly whites to celebrity list.(The Last Word)
  by Chordas, Lori
• The First American Corp.(Property/Casualty)(appointment of George Grupp)(Brief article)
• Ing Group N.V.(Mergers and Acquisitions)(Brief article)
• Geico.(Auto)(cuts fare for automobile insurance)(Brief article)
• Commissioners meet.(100 YEARS AGO in Best's Review)(Convention of Insurance Commissioners )(Brief article)
  by Bernaski, Rebecca
• Aviva plc has named Simon Machell chief executive officer of its Asia Pacific unit which includes the Middle East, Hung Kong, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Australia.(Life)(appointments)(Brief article)
• Rising in the East: a crowded field of insurance companies is eagerly prospecting in the former communist nations that now comprise "New Europe."(Emerging Markets: Property/Casualty)(Report)
  by Green, Meg

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