It's All About Life

Neighborly Differences Canada's avoidance of the housing bubble and its conservative regulations scheme helped Canadian life insurers sidestep the worst of the financial crisis. By Ron Panko. Life. Page 26.

Canada's Life/Health Insurers Report Total Assets C$342.6 Billion It's All About Life By Staff. Life. Page 31.

US Life Industry's New Business Issued Fell in 2009 in Four of Five Segments It's All About Life By Staff. Life. Page 42.

Total Canadian L/H Excluding Fraternals' Group Life Net Premiums Written Equal C$3.9 Billion It's All About Life By Staff. Life. Page 30.

Time for a Change Is the Triple X cure now worse than the cause? By Mark Sarlitto. Life. Page 47.

Breathe Life into Sales Sidebar: Campaigns With Seasonal Flair By Marvin H. Feldman. Life. Page 36.

Total Canadian L/H Excluding Fraternals' Individual Life Net Premiums Written Equal C$13.4 Billion Top Canada Life Companies By Staff. Life. Page 32.

Growing Their Reach The wholesale broker market is undergoing another evolution. By Al Slavin. Property/Casualty. Page 64.

'Golden' Opportunities As baby boomers retire, they create new markets for innovative life products. By Adriane Berg. Life. Page 51.

Dealing With Death Of a Sales Force Shifting away from the captive agent system fuels long-term challenge. By Robert W. MacDonald. Life. Page 50.

Paying Attention Required minimum distributions are back, and advisers should keep clients informed of the ground rules By Jeng Chiu. Life. Page 54.

Breathe Life into Sales Life insurance agents can use the LIFE foundation's marketing tools to increase their business By Marvin H. Feldman. Life. Page 34.

Quietly Waiting Reinsurers are waiting for the market to harden as capacity continues to outpace demand. By Meg Green. Reinsurance/Capital Markets. Page 62.

Changing the Rules Dwindling IMSA membership and an optional way to renew certification lessens demand for independent assessors. By Ron Panko. Life. Page 39.

Going Global Government-sponsored reinsurance companies are competing with public reinsurers for overseas business. By Bob DeRose. Reinsurance/Capital Markets. Page 59.

Top Global Reinsurance Brokers Best's Review presents its fourth annual listing of top global reinsurance brokers ranked by 2009 brokerage revenues. By Staff. Agent/Broker. Page 55.

Growing Their Reach Sidebar: Changing Times for Surplus Lines By Al Slavin. Property/Casualty. Page 68.

A Working O-Line Like football's offensive linemen, insurers are rarely appreciated even though they open the holes that make businesses successful. By Lance Ewing. Property/Casualty. Page 72.

Think Small Sidebar: Establish Relationships By Kelly J. Stacy. Agent/Broker. Page 105.

Keep in Touch Sidebar: Getting Started with Social Media By Karen Furtado. Agent/Broker. Page 102.

Keep in Touch Sidebar: Distribution Business Capabilities By Karen Furtado. Agent/Broker. Page 100.

Everybody's Business Use social networking to establish, maintain and manage your professional 'brand.' By Margaret Resce Milkint. The Last Word. Page 112.

Keep in Touch What agents and brokers should know about social media. By Karen Furtado. Agent/Broker. Page 99.

Cyber Lockdown Insurers look for ways to tighten the Web against cyber threats. By Robert Lewis. Technology. Page 84.

Special Agents Producers are finding opportunities in industry-specific selling. By Marie Alvarado. Agent/Broker. Page 78.

Finding a Solution Sidebar: Product Name: Riskonnect ERM Company: Riskonnect, Marietta, Ga. By Lori Chordas. Technology. Page 82.

Tweet Carefully The proliferation of social media presents risk management challenges. By Steven R. Pozzi. Property/Casualty. Page 109.

Redefined Benefits Economic realities have changed the essentials of company-sponsored benefit plans By Mike Simonds. Health/Employee Benefits. Page 96.

The Laws of Nature States and federal agencies have broadened their efforts to regulate the environment. By Richard J. Bortnick. Regulatory/Law. Page 94.

Finding a Solution Sidebar: Product Name: Compliance 360 for Insurance Company: Compliance 360 Inc., Atlanta By Lori Chordas. Technology. Page 80.

Finding a Solution Sidebar: Product Name: Risk Register/ReMetrica Company: AoneSolutions/Aon Benfield, New York By Lori Chordas. Technology. Page 80.

Finding a Solution Sidebar: Product Name: SAS Risk Management for Insurance Company: SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C. By Lori Chordas. Technology. Page 82.

Think Small Today's new wave of entrepreneurs can translate to more business for property/casualty carriers and agents. By Kelly J. Stacy. Agent/Broker. Page 104.

CMO Investing, Part 2: The Insurer's Point of View Experts discuss investing in collateralized mortgage obligations By Staff. Reinsurance/Capital Markets. Page 90.

Finding a Solution Technology is a critical component to facilitate carriers' successful moves to enterprise risk management. By Lori Chordas. Technology. Page 79.

A Break in the Action As the current Congress heads into history, insurers brace for elections that will forge their 2011 agenda. By Jesse Hamilton. Regulatory/Law. Page 86.

State of the Wholesale Channel Managing volatility continues to be a strength of the market as new technology and wide-reaching geography add to the landscape. Property/Casualty. Page 106.

Client Input Key to Butterfield's Success There comes a point where people begin to worry about the inflaction adjusted value of their assets and that interest rates have been at or near 0% in the US for an extended period of time. . Page 95.

Website Do's and Don'ts With more consumers going online to research and purchase insurance, agents and brokers are designing their own websites to turn these 'surfers' into customers. By Lori Chordas. Agent/Broker. Page 74.

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