Published: July 2010

Standing the Test of Time

Insurance companies that have demonstrated their financial strength for a half-century or more. Page 20.

Best's Review cover: Standing the Test of Time

Keeping It Confidential Sidebar: Regulation Becomes Market Driver By Al Slavin. Regulatory/Law. Page 40.

Finding a Balance Life reinsurers, although fewer in number, are holding steady. By Meg Green. Reinsurance/Capital Markets. Page 41.

Here Comes the Sun Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada has been rated A or higher by A.M. Best since 1946. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 29.

Keeping It Confidential Exposure from data breaches pushes cyber liability coverage toward the mainstream By Al Slavin. Regulatory/Law. Page 37.

Standing the Test of Time: Surety With Certainty CNA's Western Surety Co. has been rated A or higher by A.M. Best since 1935. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 25.

Finding the Right Fit Takes Planning Identifying the most suitable index should be determined on a case-by-case basis. By Ronald D. Verzone. Life. Page 43.

Standing the Test of Time: Strict Standards Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., has been rated A or higher by A.M. Best since 1935. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 27.

Standing the Test of Time: Pioneering Protection Great-West Life Assurance Co. has been rated A or higher by A.M. Best since 1945. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 30.

Standing the Test of Time: Northern Star Canada's Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. has been rated A or higher by A.M. Best since 1939. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 28.

Standing the Test of Time: A Plentiful Harvest Ohio Farmers Insurance Co., a member of the Westfield Insurance Group, has been rated A or higher by A.M. Best since 1935. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 26.

Standing the Test of Time Fifty-seven property/casualty insurers and 11 life/health insurers have maintained a Best's Financial Strength Rating of A or higher for at least 75 years. By Staff. Cover Feature. Page 20.

Coming Back to Life Sidebar: Axa Equitable: Buttressing Variable Life By Ron Panko. Life. Page 44.

Coming Back to Life Sidebar: Hartford Life: New Products, New Distribution By Ron Panko. Life. Page 45.

Coming Back to Life Sidebar: Phoenix Companies: Expansion into Middle Market By Ron Panko. Life. Page 45.

Coming Back to Life Sidebar: Prudential Financial: Ability to Raise Prices By Ron Panko. Life. Page 46.

Coming Back to Life Sidebar: Lincoln Financial: The Appeal of the Combo Product By Ron Panko. Life. Page 46.

More Accuracy, Better Information Carriers change the game with pervasive geospatial analytics. By Peter Hughes. Technology. Page 50.

3 Questions to Ask Cutting through the 'talk' reveals technology's real advantages for benefits managers. By Greg Vandam. Technology. Page 48.

Business as Usual? The negative effects of the financial crisis have receded, but life insurers still face challenges. By Robert Stein. Life. Page 47.

Coming Back to Life Life insurance writers are fighting back from severe sales declines in late 2008 and all of 2009. By Ron Panko. Life. Page 44.

HM Insurance Group Delivers Best in Class Stop Loss A recognized leader in stopp loss and reinsurance, HM structures flexible plan designs to help protect against unexpected or catastrophic health claims. By Staff. Issues & Answers. Page 59.

Trusting the Numbers Can you trust the numbers you see? To find out, check the data on which they are based. By William H. Panning. Property/Casualty. Page 64.

Medical Professional Liability: The New Landscape Experts discuss the medical professionalliability market after tort-reform rollback. Property/Casualty. Page 60.

Going Up Voluntary work-site sales increased 3.3% in 2009 By Gil Lowerre and Bonnie Brazzell. Health/Employee Benefits. Page 71.

Looking for Trouble Lean times can bring a host of problems for CPA firms and their insurers. By Gail Dennis. Agent/Broker. Page 68.

Time Difference A federal decision clarifies the statute of limitations in a group disability case. By Frank N. Darras. Regulatory/Law. Page 73.

A Double Dose of Exposure Harnessing the power of social media holds promise, but comes with peril. By Frank J. Coyne. Property/Casualty. Page 66.

Changing Times for E&O Writers Professional clients demand ever-increasing know-how from their agents and brokers. By Homer Sandridge. Agent/Broker. Page 70.

CMO Investing, Part 1: Building the CMO Investment Portfolio Experts with Prime Institutional Group explore investing in collateralized mortgage obligations Reinsurance/Capital Markets. Page 74.

Mission of HOPE Amidst the devastation, Philadelphia Insurance Cos.' CEO brings hope and supplies to Haitians reeling from the recent earthquake. By Lori Chordas. The Last Word. Page 80.

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