Bests Review Magazine - May 2011

Published: July Best's Review cover: The Leaders Issue and 11 life/ health insurers have maintained a Best's Financial Strength Rating of A or Coupling analytics with enterprise data management may help drive insight, hindsight.
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Celebrities are investing in insurance startups, including a life insurance company that uses technology to simplify the application and qualification process.

The Cost of Claims

Best's Market Segment Report Excerpt: Michael Consedine, the chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, said the NAIC remains on track to have a group capital calculation ready for field testing in Best, about the change in administrations in Mexico. Regulations, domicile choice and the impact of enterprise risk management are hot topics for the captive insurance business.


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This web site needs javascript enabled to work properly. Please enable it to use the full functionality of the web site. Archive view all September Kate Smith September Patricia Vowinkel September CLAIMS Analytical Impact Social media, wearables and predictive analytics are helping insurers to battle claims fraud while increasing customer satisfaction.

John Czuba September John Weber September Carly Burnham September Gates Ouimette September Putting it to the Test Technology driven through the Internet has been developing "by leaps and bounds" over the past decade. Coming Together Technology Insight: Customer interaction transformation helps insurers get closer to their clients. By Sarah Diamond and John Armstrong.

Issues & Answers Archive

Art of the Captive Issues and Answers: Ask the Right Questions Issues and Answers: Chris Kogut and Joel Chansky of Milliman say that for captives, domicile considerations are complex, in part because there are so many to choose from, but the basic underlying actuarial principles are the same regardless of the domicile. Lessons from Japan Contingent business interruption coverage becomes more complex when global partners are affected. Deep Impact Battered by the recession, the workers' compensation line is siphoning off shrae from residual markets. Loss Sensitivity Underwriting Insight: Controlling loss presents a cost upside but it also requires self-reflection.

Eyeing the End Game Small-business owners want to tackle succession, retirement planning and wealth transfer. Advisers' Glossary of Terms Definitions that will help agents and advisers talk the talk of small business insurance sales. Post-Boomer Wealth Selling Insight: Beneficiaries of baby boomer wealth comprise a market worth cultivating.

Best's Review's Issues & Answers Archive

Medical claim limits phase out under the new health care law as the size of individual claims continues to rise. Action Two specialty writers develop a streamlined approach for media and entertainment coverage. Reflecting on the Past A decade later, three significant insurer insolvencies offer a new perspective on receivership strategy. A Different Approach in the U. Healthy Choice Long-term care insurance's re-emergence offers a promising prospect for agents. By Hersh Markusfeld and Jan Soppe.

The Worst Car In the History Of The World

Rising Awareness One of the historical factors in disappointing long-term care insurance sales has been consumer confusion about which benefits are provided by Medicare and Medicaid as opposed to private coverages like health insurance, LTCI, long-term disability or critical illness care. Recent catastrophes in Australia will lead to a market review of miing insurance risks and rates.