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Articles in Oct 1, 2004 issue of Risk & Insurance

• Assurant lays off 140 workers
• Gaping holes cited in medical care: to close the gaps, health care managers say it's time for doctors to rein in some procedures
  by Russ Allen
• Actuaries eye risk roles
  by Lawrence Richter Quinn
• Speaking of cells …
  by Roger Crombie
• Size matters: welcome to the wild and wooly world of nanotechnology, the dwelling place of nanotubes, nanoshells, fullerenes, "buckyballs," quantum dots and nanowhiskers. These objects are measured in the billionth-scale. As the size of these pr
  by Michael Fitzpatrick
• Assurant Employee Benefits
• Willis Group Holdings
• P/C industry to pay $6.8b
• Aspen Specialty expands
• Barreling into primary carriers and reinsurers
  by Roger Crombie
• Vista Insurance Partners
• EU to overhaul rules
• "Foreign" policies' finer points
  by Charles H. Cox
• Industry risk report: transportation
• Behavior-based safety: a solution to injury prevention: behavior-based safety "empowers" employees and addresses the dynamics of injury prevention
  by E. Scott Geller
• Worst insured property losses from terrorist acts
• MarketScout honors Heroes
• Willis Re
• Editor's page
  by Cyril Tuohy
• MetLife launches "critical" shift in strategy: the life insurance giant will bundle critical care products in the first quarter of 2005
  by Steven Yahn
• Infinite wealth faces a finite future
  by Roger Crombie
• Vertis
• Mr. Zax at his Zenith
  by Peter Rousmaniere
• Prices ease a little
  by Bruce Shutan
• Upcoming events
• Protiviti signs deal
• Buyers dodge a regulatory bullet: AIRMIC hails regulators' concessions but "total clarity" still lacking as U.K. authorities leave door ajar for further action
  by Cyril Tuohy
• Capital flows into captive havens: Caribbean jurisdictions do not necessarily see themselves in competition with Bermuda but with the United States and Europe, where captive markets have been growing apace. U.S. jurisdictions now include 21 states and the
  by Roger Crombie
• ACE Overseas General
• Fiserv buys vendor
• Credit-based insurance scores creep into commercial lines: credit-based insurance scores, already a staple in the personal lines business, are creeping into commercial lines insurance, which is not as regulated, says one expert
  by Tom Starner
• A hospital's integration evolution
  by Marybeth Stevens
• PharmaCare rolls out program
• The future beckons for a 'northern light': young, brash and astute, Craig Rowe finds ways to save the City of St. John's money despite its small tax base. In the process, he has come to the attention of the RIMS establishment as a potential leader who nev
  by David Kosub
• Directory: technology directory
• Behavior-based safety: a model poisoned by the past; based on obsolete thinking, behavior-based safety isolates safety instead of integrating it
  by Donald J. Eckenfelder
• Schifrin, Gagnon & Dickey
• Worth repeating
• Dangers lurking: with kidnappings on the rise, companies need to become more aggressive securing the safety of employees who travel or work overseas. Often, "a little prevention goes a long way," one expert says
  by Carol Patton