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Articles in Nov, 2003 issue of Risk & Insurance

• The number of Americans without health insurance rose almost 6 percent in 2002 to 43.6 million, the U.S. Census Bureau reported
• P/C headed in the wrong direction despite softening conditions in the Southwest
  by Cyril Tuohy
• The expert and the evidence
  by Peter Rousmaniere
• Cell growth in paradise: the Cayman Islands, already a haven for tax-free growth, also finds it has a soft spot for segregated portfolio cell companies
  by Roger Crombie
• Executive benefits policies
• Workers' comp audits
• Safety and W.C. software
• The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York turned down Silverstein Properties' request for summary judgement
• Employers win a round: jury awards for injured workers decline but employers had still better be wary
  by Nancy Grover
• Willis Group Holdings Limited
• New claims office
• Online benefits administration mitigates risk and attracts clients
  by Lesli Corbin
• Letters
  by David Gaier
• Detecting dishonesty
  by Joseph F. Mangan
• Taking heat: brokers need to spend less time trying to please the marketplace and more time staying close to the needs of their clients and risk managers
  by Thomas J. Slattery
• Cyberrisk prevention
• Online payment processing
• Claims management
• Bold blue wins big: data technology, risk management information systems and collaboration with its carrier weighed heavily in IBM Corp.'s bold initiative to control costs and convince employees to take ownership of the worker's comp process
  by Patricia Vowinkel
• McQueary Henry Bowles Troy, L.L.P
• Medicaid processing
• The third-party solution: to satisfy the flood of new compliance regulations, insurance carriers are forced to make endless modifications to legacy systems, driving maintenance costs through the roof
  by Charles S. Fillizola
• In Europe, D&O also hard to find
  by Graham Buck
• Holiday wishlist: risk managers really want seamless integration between their software and hardware, but for that they'll likely have to wait
  by John Otrompke
• The PMA Insurance Group
• Certificate management service
• Risk Management software
• Worth repeating …
• Calendar of upcoming events
• Diversity in dispute: companies that fail to address diversity-related risks today may be forced to pay the price tomorrow
  by Dennis McCafferty
• Group benefits policies
• Powering claims management
• 2003 Best Workers' Compensation and Disability Program
• Safety & workers' comp literature review
• Crawford Healthcare Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crawford & Co., has agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud in connection with a 1995 mailing of a client invoice in Virginia
• Back on track: the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the fifth-largest public transportation system in the nation, chops its workers' comp costs by half in seven years
  by Michelle Kerr
• The Assurance Agency Ltd
• Mold Mania
• Slicing through the .NET vs J2EE debate: don't obsess over the technical drudgery of one model over the other. The key is to ask hard questions about the needs of your company
  by Jim Gervang
• Pan-European approach to risk eludes managers
  by Graham Buck
• "Redistribution and Fabianism"
  by Roger Crombie
• Power struggle: as globalization expands, economies become more vulnerable to the crippling effects of power outages
  by Graham Buck
• Web-based services
• Business Rule Management System
• Integrated P&C solutions
• The web site guide
• IRS moratorium creates a need for corporate spin-off protection
  by Milton Zall
• The boardroom's burden: with Sarbanes-Oxley and new European disclosure requirements, boards of directors must confront enterprise risk issues head-on. Some boards plan to set up risk committees or special risk advisory committees. Most leave it to the au
  by Lawrence Richter Quinn
• Greyhound: on the road with risk: in the post-Sept. 11 world, the landscape of risk grows increasingly complex, and risk managers are turning toward less traditional solutions
  by Paula L. Green
• Product recall report
• Face to face with Hurricane Fabian: a category 3 storm leaves four dead, vaporizes docks and causes thousands of dollars worth of property damage
  by Roger Crombie
• Risk & Insurance magazine
• Calif. regulators push for rate cuts
  by Nancy Grover
• E-mail alert service
• Flirting with Hurricane Isabel: Isabel swept through Washington D.C. and was blamed for 17 deaths, thousands of property claims and big power outages
  by Kathleen Filipczyk