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Terrorism
and September 11 Attacks
AIG/Insurance Companies & the
Credit Crisis
Two
Life Insurers May Have Sensed Subprime Problems Before They Hit (BestWire
2-4-08)
Investors
Turn Gaze to AIG (NYT 9-12-08)
Goldman,
JP Morgan Are Asked to Lead $75 Billion AIG Loan Effort (WSJ 9-15-08)
Rush
is on to Prevent AIG From Failing (NYT 9-15-08)
Fed
Takes Steps to Aid AIG (NYT 9-16-08)
AIG
Says Its Insurance Units Continue Normal Operations (BestWire 9-16-08)
State
Regulators Hold Talks, Say AIG Subsidiaries Are Sound (BestWire 9-16-08)
New
York Lets AIG Reallocate Assets (Updated) (NULH 9-15-08)
US
Plans Rescue of AIG to Halt Crisis; Central Banks Inject Cash as Credit
Dries Up (WSJ 9-16-08)
AIG's
Troubles and Why They Matter (NYT 9-17-08)
Is
Your AIG Insurance Policy Safe? (NYT 9-17-08)
In
Asia, the Bloom is Off the AIG Rose (NYT 9-18-08)
Bad
Bets and Cash Crunch Pushed Ailing AIG to Brink (WSJ 9-18-08)
New
AIG Chief Sees Smaller, Nimbler Firm: Report (NYT 9-19-08)
Dinallo
to Lead NAIC Task Force on AIG Asset Sales (NUPC 9-17-08)
AIG
Crisis Highlights Pros & Cons of Fed Oversight (NUPC 9-18-08)
Reputational
Risk of Concern for AIG: Moody's (BI 9-19-08)
Risk
Managers Mull Options as Top Insurer Struggles On (BI 9-22-08)
AIG
Faces Dual Problem of Retaining Clients, Best Employees (BI 9-22-08)
AIG
Exec Questions Competitors Motives (NUPC 9-25-08)
Behind
Insurer's Crisis, a Blind Eye to Risk (NYT 9-28-08)
Risk
Managers Looking to AIG's Competitors (BestWire 10-2-08)
NY
Regulator Blames Deregulation for AIG's Problems (BestWire 10-7-08)
Fed
Gives AIG $37.8 Billion Loan (NYT 10-9-08)
Documents
Show AIG Knew of Problems with Valuations (WSJ 10-11-08)
Insurers
Lose Out as Concerns About AIG, Finances Spread (WP 10-11-08)
Willis:
Insurers Generally Avoid Credit Crisis (NUPC 10-22-08)
Treasury
Mulls Insurer Aid Program: Sources (NYT 10-24-08)
Liddy:
AIG May Need More Financing (NYT 10-24-08)
US
Mulls Widening Bailout to Insurers (WSJ 10-25-08)
Plan
Could Push Insurers Into Mergers (WSJ 10-28-08)
Bair
Says FDIC's Powers Could Extend to Insurers (NYT 10-29-08)
Bond
Insurers Seek Shelter Under TARP (WSJ 10-30-08)
Hartford
Reports $2.6B Net Loss (NUPC 10-30-08)
Behind
AIG's Fall, Risk Models Failed to Pass Real-World Test (NYT 10-31-08)
AIG,
US in Talks to Restructure Loan: Source (NYT 11-7-08)
Liberty
Mutual CEO Blasts AIG Marketplace Actions (NUPC 11-10-08)
US
Provides More Aid to Big Insurer (NYT 11-11-08)
Life
Insurers Facing Cuts in Ratings (NYT 11-13-08)
Financial
Crisis Highlights Insurance Industry Shortcomings (NYT 11-12-08)
Damage
Control at Insurance Companies (BW 11-13-08)
Hartford
Aims to Become S&L, Gain Access to Treasury Program (WSJ 11-14-08)
Insurers'
Cash Rules May Loosen (NYT 11-14-08)
AIG
to Pay Millions to Top Workers (NYT 11-14-08)
Your
Insurer and Financial Worries (NYT 11-15-08)
Canadian
Lawsuit Claims AIG Misled Investors (BestWire 11-17-08)
New
York Will Review Insurers' Crisis Readiness (NYT 11-18-08)
Panelists:
Market Players Are Rethinking Risk (NULH 11-18-08)
US
Acquires $40 B in AIG Stock and Warrants as Part of Bailout (BestWire
11-26-08)
Swiss
Re's Strategy Backfires (WSJ 12-1-08)
AIG
Cancels Billions in Swaps, Hopes to Renegotiate Fed Loan (WSJ 12-3-08)
Regulators
Weigh ACLI Capital Ideas in Closed Session (NULH 12-5-08)
Managing,
Against All Odds (Investor's Business Daily 12-5-08)
Proposals
on Changes for Insurers Moves Ahead (WSJ 12-8-08)
NAIC
Technical Groups Share Capital Load (NULH 12-9-08)
AIG
Working to Settle $10B of Investment Losses (NYT 12-10-08)
Swiss
Re: Insuers Will Weather Rough Economic Storm (BestWire 12-9-08)
Dinallo:
Securities Lending Needs Attention (NULH 12-10-08)
AIG
Slashing Prices, But May Burn Taxpayers (NYT 12-11-08)
Models
Helped Fuel Subprime Crisis, Actuaries Told (NUPC 12-11-08)
AIG
Shuts Down Securities Lending Program (NUPC 12-16-08)
S&P
Sees Insurer Downgrades Ahead for 2009 (NUPC 12-16-08)
NAIC
Working Groups Respond to ACLI Request (NULH 12-17-08)
AIG
Sells Hartford Steam Boiler for $742 Million (NYT 12-22-08)
Swiss
Re Taps Credit to Boost Liquidity (WSJ 12-22-08)
AIG's
Liddy: 70% of Company Must Be Sold to Pay Fed Loan (NUPC 12-22-08)
AIG
Seeks Change on Loan Terms: Report (NYT 12-31-08)
Groups
Oppose Easing Insurer-Reserve Rules (NYT 12-30-09)
Capital
Plan a Poke in the Eye for Consumers: Critic (NULH 12-30-09)
NAIC
to Hold Public Hearing on Capital Rules for Life Insurers (BestWire
1-5-09)
AIG
Faces Hurdles in a Sale of a Unit (WSJ 1-13-09)
Property/Casualty
Chiefs See Lingering Effects From 2008 Financial Storm (BestWire 1-13-09)
Simplification
Key to Insurers' Relative Success in 2008 (NUPC 1-14-09)
Insurers
Brace for Commercial Mortgage Turmoil (NULH 1-16-09)
Flames,
Claims and Automobiles (Economist 1-15-09)
Life
Insurers Take a Hit (WP 1-24-09)
NAIC
Working Group Considers ACLI Package (NULH 1-29-09)
US
Life Insurers Denied Looser Capital Requirements (NYT 1-29-09)
NAIC
Panel Blocks Capital Proposal (NULH 1-29-09)
AIG
in Talks for US to Backstop Assets (WSJ 1-31-09)
Rejected
Regulatory Relief Measures to Face Further Consideration (BestWire
1-30-09)
Congressmen
Want Study of AIG Bailout's Impact on Insurance Markets (BestWire 2-2-09)
Mortgage
Market Volatility Impact Seen Light on Insurers (BestWire 2-2-09)
Buffett
to Invest in Swiss Re (WSJ 2-5-09)
An
AIG's Unit's Quest to Juice Profit (NYT 2-5-09)
TARP
Program Overseer Says US is Losing Big on AIG Investment (NUPC 2-6-09)
Hartford
Asks Its Regulator to Ease Rules (WSJ 2-7-09)
Regulators
Reconsidering Insurer Relief (WP 2-7-09)
Insurers'
Stocks Take a Beating (WSJ 2-10-09)
Treasury:
No CPP Money for Insurers (NULH 2-11-09)
Insurers
Get Regulatory Approvals (WSJ 2-12-09)
Meltdown
101: AIG, Five Months Into Its Bailout (NYT 2-17-09)
Fitch
Cuts Ratings on Principal, Genworth Life Insurance Units (WSJ 2-19-08)
AIG
in Talks with US Government, Sees $60 Billion Loss (NYT 2-23-08)
Report:
Insurer AIG Reportedly Could Be Split (NYT 2-26-08)
US
Is Said Set to Offer AIG Up to $30 Billion More (NYT 2-28-08)
AIG
Reports loss of $61.7 Billion as US Gives More Aid (NYT 3-3-09)
Government
Measures to Help AIG at a Glance (NYT 3-2-09)
Bankruptcy
Experts Discuss AIG's Legal Options (BestWire 2-27-09)
Dinallo:
Insurance Department's Stress-Testing Takes New Tack (BestWire 2-27-09)
Fed
Chief Says Insurance Giant Acted Irresponsibly (NYT 3-4-09)
Financial
Projects Drag Down Life Insurers (NYT 3-4-09)
The
Next Big Bailout Decision: Insurers (NYT 3-12-09)
Outcry
Builds in Capital for Recovery of AIG Bonuses (NYT 3-18-09)
Worry
Grows Over Insurers As Ratings Slip (WSJ 3-17-09)
GAO
Says No Firm Evidence AIG Bailout Used to Undercut Competition (NYT
3-18-09)
Top
Risk Officers Remain at Insurer's Helm (NYT 3-27-09)
The
Next Domino? (Economist 3-12-09)
AIG
Crisis Could Be the Tip of an Insurance Iceberg (LA Times 3-30-09)
Treasury
May Aid Some Life Insurers, Shares Rise (NYT 4-8-09)
Lincoln
National Taps Funds From Life Subsidiary to Pay Off Debt (NYT 4-8-09)
Questions
Over Bailout for Insurers (NYT 4-9-09)
Panel
Would Review Insurers - Updated (NYT 4-23-09)
General Market Trends
Conning
Says Mutual Firms Set for Soft Market (NUPC 2-28-08)
Guy
Carpenter Releases Soft Market Strategies (NUPC 3-12-08)
Property-Casualty
Insurers' Profits Fall (WSJ 4-10-08)
Insurers'
Reserves Dropping (NUPC 4-23-08)
Insurance
Markets May Stabilize (NUPC 5-30-08)
Report
Looks at P-C War for Small-Commercial Business (NUPC 6-12-08)
MarketScout
Points to Possible End of Soft Market (NUPC 7-7-08)
Customers
Who Switch Insurers Increasing, Report Says (NUPC 7-10-08)
P-C
Market Pricing Showing Signs of Stability (NUPC 7-22-08)
S&P
Outlook for P-C Industry Turns Negative (NUPC 8-14-08)
Soft
Marketing Hitting Loss Reserves: Fitch (BI 8-15-08)
Rate
Declines Persisting for All Lines, Says MarketScout (NUPC 9-8-08)
Insurance
Prices Still Dropping, Survey Finds (NUPC 10-23-08)
MarketScout:
Soft Market Reaching End (NUPC 11-7-08)
Advisen
Predicts Market Hardening in Late 2009 (NUPC 11-20-08)
Reinsurance
Prices Likely to Rise (FT 12-28-08)
Rates
Harden but Reinsurers Find Conditions Difficult, Warns Guy Carpenter
(BestWire 1-6-09)
Soft
Market Bottoming Out, RIMS Survey Confirms (NUPC 1-20-09)
CIAB
Survey Sees Rates Bottoming Out (NUPC 1-23-09)
Upcoming
Hard Market Unique, Advisen Says (NUPC 4-3-09)
Marsh:
Expect Double Digit Increases on '09 Cat Risks (NUPC 4-16-09)
Airline Safety/Liability/Performance
After
Deadly Crash in Russia, a Spate of Incidents (NYT 7-10-06)
After
Engine Blew, Deciding to Fly On 'As Far as We Can' (WSJ 9-23-06)
FAA
Finds More Errors on Runways (NYT 11-3-06)
Flying
the Crowded Skies: Challenges for Aviation (NYT 1-15-07)
Why
Airlines Keep Losing Your Baggage (WSJ 1-16-07)
Behind
Crashes Abroad, Ill-Regulated Airlines (WSJ 3-17-07)
World's
Airlines Face Losses Of at Least $6.1 Billion in '08 (WSJ 8-21-08)
Alitalia
Declares Insolvency in Prelude to Restructuring (WSJ 8-28-08)
Fuel
Hedges Backfire on Airlines (WSJ 10-17-08)
Alternative Risk Transfer/Captives/Risk
Retention Groups
ART
Market Growth (BI 1-5-04)
Soaring
RRG Formations Continue Into 2004 (NUPC 1-26-04)
Self-Insurance
Option Captivates Thrifty Firms (Crain's New York Business 2-16-04)
Weather
Risk Called Big Area of Potential Growth (BestWire 1-27-06)
Bad
Weather? Insurers Tout Profit Protection (NYT 12-21-06)
Businesses
Seek to Keep Insurance In-House (WSJ 3-23-07)
Insurance
Via 'Captives': Not as Sinister As It Sounds (WSJ 3-27-07)
Vermont
Becomes Offshore Insurance Haven (BestWire 4-4-07)
Bill
in the Works to Expand Risk Retention Products (NUPC 4-10-07)
High
Cost of P/C Coverage Prompts Boroughs to Form Mutual (BI 4-16-07)
Brown
& Brown Chief Sees 5-Year Soft Market (NUPC 5-18-06)
When
It Gets Too Dry, He's Well Covered (AJC 1-14-08)
Auto Insurance
Consumer Advice
How
to Save on Auto Insurance (Consumer Reports September 1999)
Part
2
Part
3
Part
4
Part
5
Auto
Insurance for Teens (Money 11-6-00)
Teens,
Parents Can Put Brakes On Costly Automobile Insurance (4-21-02)
Auto
Insurers Have All the Risk Factors Covered (LA Times 5-8-02)
Switch
Car Insurers to Cut Policy's Cost (WSJ 5-26-02)
Car
Insurance: Unfair to Young Male Drivers (WP 9-3-02)
How
to Avoid Headaches From a Fender Bender (WSJ 12-29-02)
How
to Fix Your Life in 2003: Cut Costs - and Even Cords (WSJ 12-31-02)
Saved
by a Tow, but Now What? (NYT 3-14-03)
Take
a Hint from Goldilocks When Buying Kid's First Car (WSJ 9-29-03)
Car
Accident? File a Successful Claim (Medical Economics 9-17-04)
Why
Do So Many Consumers Choose Frills? (NYT 7-11-05)
Auto
Insurance: Choosing an Insurer That Pays (Consumer Reports 3-06)
Insuring
a Teen Driver for Less (WSJ 8-12-06)
Beware
Costs of Road Aid (WSJ 8-27-06)
When
to Drop Collision, Theft Coverage (WSJ 9-3-06)
Market and Technological Developments
Law and Regulation
Safety/Traffic Enforcement
-
Car
Crash Injuries Vary with Age, Gender (NYT 1-5-07)
-
16
States See Road Deaths Slashed (USA Today 1-30-07)
-
Crash
Spurs Concerns About Older Drivers (NYT 2-3-07)
-
For
Teenagers, the Car is the Danger Zone (NYT 2-6-07)
-
Is
a Candid Camera The Key to Safer Teenage Drivers? (WSJ 2-28-07)
-
Bumper
Shock: Today's Design Can Dent the Wallet (WSJ 3-1-07)
-
Seniors
Protest Driving Measures (WP 3-8-07)
-
Drowsy
Driving Raises Legal Issues (NYT 3-11-07)
-
Parents
Dim to Teen Auto Risks (Newsday 3-16-07)
-
Efforts
Aim to Make Intersections Safe on Foot (USA Today 3-27-07)
-
AIG's
GPS Program Will Help Keep Tabs on Teen Drivers (BestWire 4-10-07)
-
Pleasant
Stretch of Road Proves Deadly, but Why? (NYT 4-23-07)
-
New
Teen Driving Law Leads to Lower Insurance Rates (OH) (AP 4-25-07)
-
Smarter
Cars, Fewer Deaths (NYT 4-30-07)
-
Classes
Steer Seniors to Safety (USA Today 5-2-07)
-
Highway
Debris, Long an Eyesore, Grows as a Hazard (NYT 5-11-07)
-
States
Seek to Curb Deer - Related Crashes (NYT 7-27-07)
-
Bikers
Fight to Ride Free -- and Win (WSJ 7-30-07)
-
Rural
Road Hazardous for Teens (WP 10-11-07)
-
In
the Future, Smart People Will Let Cars Take Control (NYT 12-4-07)
-
Teenagers
and Cars: A Deadly Mix (NYT 12-9-07)
-
Lights,
Camera, Traffic Ticket (NYT 1-6-08)
-
Are
Auto Insurers Readying for a War on Horsepower? (WSJ 2-11-08)
-
Unsafe
at Any Speed, With Any Driver, On Any Kind of Road (NYT 3-3-08)
-
Are
You a Good Driver? Here's How to Find Out (NYT 3-30-08)
-
Can
Technology Make Safer Drivers? (WSJ 4-21-08)
-
Safety:
Deaths Soar After Repeal of Helmet Law (NYT 6-24-08)
-
Risking
Life and Limb, Riding a Bike to Work in LA (WSJ 8-1-08)
-
Allstate
Testing Whether Games Can Improve Driving (NYT 10-1-08)
-
Fatalities
on the Rise in Vehicle-Animal Crashes (NYT 10-30-08)
-
Stopping
in a Hurry (Economist 12-11-08)
-
Hummer
Drivers Have the Worst Record, Study Finds (NUPC 1-12-09)
-
Highway
Safety Advocates Call for Improvement in State Statutes (NUPC 1-12-09)
-
Lawmakers
Want to Ban Ariz. Highway Speed Cameras (NYT 1-15-09)
-
New
Reports Shows Significant Drop in Auto Fatalities (WSJ 2-9-09)
Rental Cars and Insurance
Other
Boats/Inland Marine
Freshwater
Fishing Boat Program Available on the Web (NUPC 3-3-03)
Brokering
Zurich:
Bid-Rig Pacts Cost $325M (NUPC 3-27-06)
Spitzer
Sues Liberty on Bid-Rigging (NUPC 5-4-06)
Risk
Managers, Brokers Square Off As Compensation Rift Spurs Tension (BR
6-05)
Agent
Groups Rage Over Contingent Fee Issue (NUPC 8-3-06)
Willis
Says Deal Lets It Take Pay From Insurers (WSJ 9-2-06)
Chubb
to Stop Paying Contingent Commissions (WSJ 12-21-06)
Underdog
in Insurance Ramps Up (NYT 12-27-06)
Brokers
Still in Recovery From Commission Loss (NUPC 1-16-07)
World
Class Contender: Lockton (BR 3-07)
Willis
May Bar Some Supplemental Commissions (NUPC 3-21-07)
Broker
Commissions Still Hot Topic at RIMS (BestWire 5-1-07)
Plumeri
(Willis) Rejects Bonus Fees (NUPC 5-2-07)
RIMS
Calls for Ban on Contingency Fees, Transparency in Broker Compensation
(BestWire 1-19-09)
Catastrophe Risk
Hurricane
Katrina Articles
-
Hurricanes
-
Florida
-
Storms Effects/Claims/Disaster Response
and Aid
-
Bush
to Ask for More War Funding And $18 Billion in Hurricane Relief (WSJ
2-2-06)
-
Even
in Hot Florida, Home Sales Cool Off (St. Petersburg Times 2-16-06)
-
Florida
Mediation Program Open to 2005 Hurricane Claims (BestWire 2-17-06)
-
Roof
Tiles Scarce, Soaring in Price (Palm Beach Post 3-18-06)
-
Many
Homes Still in Ruins (Miami Herald 5-1-06)
-
Downtown
Miami in Midst of a Building Boom (NYT 5-19-06)
-
Hurricane
Fallout in Florida Continues Just Days Before Start of Next Storm Season
(BestWire 5-22-06)
-
Property
Values Make Record Leap This Year (Tampa Tribune 7-1-06)
-
Florida
Commissioner Touts Mediated Solution to Wind-Flood Disputes (BestWire
7-5-06)
-
Residents
Reselling Houses in County Face Tough Market (Tampa Tribune 7-16-06)
-
County's
Foreclosure Rate Double US Average (Palm Beach Post 7-18-06)
-
Poe
Shares Data on Storm Costs (Miami Herald 8-8-06)
-
Floridians,
Some With Leftover Damage, Await New Storms (NYT 8-30-06)
-
Storm
Passes, but Insurance Worries Stay (NYT 8-31-06)
-
Hurricane
Relief Funds Late and Lacking (Miami Herald 4-23-07)
-
2005
Hurricane Insurance Claims Languish (Miami Herald 5-22-08)
-
Market, Underwriting and Coverage
Changes
-
Jilted?
Maybe It's for the Best. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune 2-18-08)
-
State
Farm Florida to Stop Writing New Homeowners Policies in State (BestWire
2-25-08)
-
State
Farm Won't Write New Florida Business (NUPC 2-25-08)
-
Smaller
Insurers Likely Will Have to Pick Up the Slack in Florida (St. Petersburg
Times 2-27-08)
-
Start-Up
to Write in Florida Panhandle (BestWire 3-26-08)
-
FL
House Incentive Bill Seeks to Lure Insurers (NUPC 4-11-08)
-
New
Insurer's Promise: Cheaper Deal or $250 Check (Palm Beach Post 4-11-08)
-
Insurance:
Big Risks, Big Payoffs (Tampa Tribune 5-7-08)
-
Universal
Insurance to Open 2nd FL PC Subsidiary (NUPC 6-25-08)
-
Small
Companies Dominate Florida Insurance Market (Miami Herald 8-4-08)
-
New
Florida Condo Law is About to Take Effect (Herald-Tribune 11-24-08)
-
Florida
Domestics Grab Increasing Market Share (NUPC 12-11-08)
-
State
Farm to Pull Out of FL Homeowners Market (NYT 1-27-09)
-
State
Farm Looks to Quit Florida Homeowners Market (BestWire 1-29-09)
-
State
Farm FL Action Slammed by Competitor (NUPC 1-28-09)
-
Sorry,
Charlie, State Farm Needs to Stay (Orlando Sentinel 1-29-09)
-
State
Farm Hit With FL Subpoena In Battle Over Exit Plan (NYT 1-30-09)
-
Thank
Crist for State Farm's Departure (NYT 2-2-09)
-
Insurance
Regulators Question State Farm's Dire Claim (Sun-Sentinel 2-3-09)
-
Let
State Farm Agents Act as Indendents, Says FL CFO (NUPC 2-4-09)
-
Florida's
Unnatural Disaster (WSJ 2-4-09)
-
Insurers
Jockey to Cover State Farm Gap (Miami Herald 2-4-09)
-
Florida's
Property Insurance Reforms Are Working (WSJ 2-5-09)
-
Buyers'
Guide Finds State Farm FL Homes Not Storm-Proofed (NUPC 2-5-09)
-
State
Farm Florida Gives Policyholder Information to Regulators (BestWire
2-9-09)
-
McCarty
Sets Tough Conditions for State Farm FL Pullout (NUPC 2-13-09)
-
State
Farm FL Withdrawal Contained with Conditions (BestWire 2-13-09)
-
Florida
Peninsula Ready to Take 100,000 State Farm Policies (BestWire 2-18-08)
-
There's
More to Insurance in Florida Than Crist Let On (WSJ 2-19-08)
-
Allstate
Encompass Leaving Florida Property Insurance Market (BestWire 2-20-08)
-
Insurance
Crisis: Big Companies Not Always Villains (Sun-Sentinel 3-1-09)
-
FL
Insurance Dept. to Senators: State Farm's Exodus 'Their Decision' (BestWire
3-6-09)
-
People's
Trust Barred From Writing New Policies Until It Complies with Regulation
(BestWire 3-18-09)
-
Small
FL Home Insurer Suspended for Low Reserves (NUPC 4-7-09)
-
Lawmakers
Seek to Bring Large Insurers to State (South Florida Sun-Sentinel 4-23-09)
-
Other
-
Conflict:
Reduce Premiums or Reduce Risk? (Miami Herald 2-9-08)
-
Sink,
Rubio Forge Insurance Alliance (Tallahassee Democrat 2-11-08)
-
Milligan
Favors New Windstorm Proposal (Tallahassee Democrat 2-13-08)
-
Florida
Bill Would Create Windstorm Insurance Program (BestWire 2-22-08)
-
Fitch
Says FL Home Insurer Market Could Implode (NUPC 3-24-08)
-
Florida
Mediation Program (Miami Herald 4-12-08)
-
State
'Financially Unprepared' (Daytona News-Journal 5-25-08)
-
Florida
Mega-Cat Won't Guarantee Market Turn (NUPC 6-3-08)
-
Florida
Zero-Collateral Rule Moves Ahead (NUPC 7-22-08)
-
In
Florida, Turninga Blind Eye to Hurricanes (NYT 8-16-08)
-
New
Venture Closes Wind Deductible Gap (St. Petersburg Times 10-20-08)
-
Groups
Pushes Its Hurricane Solution (Florida Underwriters 11-08)
-
MGAs
and the Homowners' Marketplace (Florida Underwriters 11-08)
-
Palm
Beach and Broward Counties to Fight for Self-Insured Fund (Palm Beach
Post 12-18-08)
-
FL
Cabinet Gets Assurance About Small Insurers (Bradenton Herald 1-13-09)
-
Other Gulf Coast States
-
Insurance
Commissioner Expects Falling Prices (AL) (Press-Register 1-10-08)
-
New
Commissioner Aims at Wind-Pool Rates (MS) (Sun-Herald 1-12-08)
-
Louisiana
Delivers $29 Million in Grants to Property Insurers (BestWire 1-16-08)
-
Insurer
Rate Bids Now Left to Web (Times-Picayune 1-17-08)
-
A
New Property Insurer for Louisiana (NUPC 1-30-08)
-
LA
Auditor: 'Suspect' E-Mails Reference Improper Steering (BestWire 1-31-08)
-
LA
Commissioner Claims Cooperation With 'Very Troubling' Investigation
(BestWire 2-1-08)
-
Regime
Change Brews at Citizens (Times-Picayune 2-10-08)
-
Wind
Policies Might Not be Renewed (Sun-Herald 2-14-08)
-
Allstate
and LA Reach Agreement on Homeowners Disputes (NUPC 2-20-08)
-
Insurance
Chief Fines Allstate $250,000 (Times-Picayune 2-21-08)
-
Allstate
Resolves Disputes with Louisiana Commissioner (BestWire 2-21-08)
-
Insurers
Must Take Back Dropped Customers (AL) (Mobile Press-Register 3-1-08)
-
Insurers
Seeking Citizens Customers (Times-Picayune 3-3-08)
-
With
State Grants, Two More Insurers Plan to Write in Louisiana (BestWire
3-11-08)
-
Texas
Hikes Windstorm Cap to $4 Million (BestWire 3-18-08)
-
Leading
Insurer to Cut Back (Mobile Register 3-19-08)
-
State
Farm Cutting Exposure in Alabama (BestWire 3-20-08)
-
LA
Insurer of Last Resort Handling Business to Private Sector (NUPC 3-31-08)
-
Wind
Pool Rate Reduction Approved (BestWire 4-10-08)
-
Storm
Insurance Crisis Brewing (Houston Chronicle 4-5-08)
-
New
Insurers Charge Into Local Market (Mobile Register 4-20-08)
-
Senate
Approves Insurance Incentive (Times-Picayune 4-23-08)
-
Insurance
Department Forces Allstate to Give Discount if They Exclude Wind Coverage
(Times-Picayune 4-27-08)
-
Leaving
Citizens May be Costly (Times-Picayune 5-1-08)
-
Insurance
Reform Bill Remains Alive (Mobile Press-Register 5-3-08)
-
Insurers
to Get Citizens Policies (Times-Picayune 5-6-08)
-
Two
Coastal Insurance Bills Pass in Legislature (Mobile Press-Register
5-9-08)
-
Allstate
Reaches Deal With Texas Over Homeowners Rates (BestWire 5-13-08)
-
Allstate
to Refund $71.3 Million to Texas Homeowners (NUPC 5-5-08)
-
Wind
Pool Plan Will Lower Commissions (Biloxi Sun-Herald 5-23-08)
-
State
to Spend on Disaster Coverage (Dallas Daily News 5-21-08)
-
Appeals
Court Says State Farm Doesn't Have to Refund Insurance Overcharges
(Dallas Morning News 5-24-08)
-
Insure
LA Grant Shot Down (Times-Picayune 5-29-08)
-
Insurance
Overhaul Proposed (AL) (Mobile Press-Register 5-29-08)
-
Windstorm
Insurance Rates Debated (Houston Chronicle 6-6-08)
-
LA
Bill Would Allow Coast-Adjusted Deductibles (BestWire 6-12-08)
-
State
Farm to Drop Some Mississippi Coastal Policies (BestWire 6-13-08)
-
New
Insurers to Take Policies From LCPIC (BestWire 6-16-08)
-
Private
Insurers Taking Louisiana Citizens Insurance Risks (NUPC 6-12-08)
-
State
Farm to Hike Rates About 13%, Drop Some Policyholders (Biloxi Sun Herald
6-12-08)
-
Insurers
to Cover Coast Homes (Clarion Ledger 6-14-08)
-
A
Major Storm Could Raise Taxes, Insurance Premiums Statewide (Austin
American Statesman 6-16-08)
-
Louisiana
Citizens Applies to Raise Rates (BestWire 6-24-08)
-
Citizens
Raises Policy Premiums (Times-Picayune 6-24-08)
-
Louisiana
Lawmakers Back Bills on Coastal Insurance, Auto Liability (BestWire
6-25-08)
-
Travelers
Bump Up Rates for Coastal Homeowners (Houston Chronicle 7-8-08)
-
Storm
Blew Up Deductibles (Advocate 7-14-08)
-
State
Farm Hikes Rates, Cuts Coverage on Alabama Coast (BestWire 7-29-08)
-
Texas
Appeals Court Rules for Insurer in Prior Approval Case (BestWire 7-31-08)
-
Chaney:
Increase in Rates Needed (MS) (Biloxi Sun-Herald 8-22-08)
-
Allstate,
State Farm Get Homeowners Rate Hikes in Mississippi (BestWire 8-22-08)
-
La
Citizens Board Approves 14 Percent Rate Hike (AP 10-6-08)
-
Louisiana
Citizens Applies to Raise Rates (NYT 10-8-08)
-
Insurers
Nix Manmade Flooding (Times-Picayune 10-12-08)
-
Storm
Deductibles Get a Look (Advocate 10-12-08)
-
House
Sales Slowed by Cost of Insurance (Mobile Register 10-13-08)
-
Louisiana
Citizens to Shift 40,000 Policies to Private Insurers (BestWire 10-14-08)
-
La
Insurers's Bond Just Sit: Market Meltdown Could Cost Citizens Millions
(Advocate 10-18-08)
-
AL
Chief Revenue Officer Promotes Captive Insurance for Coastal Property Owners
(Press-Register 10-21-08)
-
Miss.
Approves Nationwide's Wind Discount Plan (NUPC 10-30-08)
-
Breaking
Through: LCPIC Depopulation (NO City Business 11-1-08)
-
Audit
Rips Spending by Ex-Chief of Citizens (Times-Picayune 11-11-08)
-
Citizens
Reserves Funds for Claims (Times-Picayune 11-14-08)
-
Texas
Approves 12.3% Rate Hike for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
(BestWire 11-18-08)
-
County
Endorses 'Captive Insurance' (Mobile Press-Register 11-19-08)
-
Baldwin
County Legislators Pledge to Win Improvement on Property Insurance
(Mobile-Register 11-21-08)
-
Economy
Keeps Some Habitat for Humanity Homes Empty (USA Today 11-25-08)
-
Insurance
Solutions Discussed (AL) (Mobile Press-Register 12-11-08)
-
Ailing
Economy Could Limit Insurers' Willingness to Provide Coverage in LA
(Times-Picayune 12-14-08)
-
Hurricane
Ike Forces Liquidation of Austin Indemnity Lloyds (BestWire 12-16-08)
-
Citizens'
Deal's Fairness Queried (Times-Picayune 12-17-08)
-
LA
Homeowners to Get Cash from Incentive Fund (Forbes 1-5-09)
-
Citizens
Raises Insurance Rates by Average of 7 Percent (Times-Picayune 1-6-09)
-
USAA
Scales Back Insurance Increase (Houston Chronicle 1-7-09)
-
Windstorm
Fund a Leading Issue at Texas Capitol (NYT 1-13-09)
-
Citizens'
Books Get a Clean Start (Times-Picayune 1-13-09)
-
(MS)
Windpool Keeps on Growing (NYT 1-29-09)
-
House
OKs Extra Cash for Wind Pool (Biloxi Sun-Herald 2-17-08)
-
Coastal
Insurance Bills Advance in Alabama Legislature (Mobile Press Register
4-2-09)
Disaster Reponse/Aid/Preparation
House
Passes Bill on Loans for Disasters (NYT 4-19-07)
In
the Northeaster's Wake Come Appeals for US Disaster Aid (NYT 4-24-07)
Many
Unprepared for a Disaster (USA Today 5-11-07)
GAO
Finds Disaster Assistance Flows to the Uninsured, Underinsured (BestWire
12-28-07)
FEMA
Vows Less Aid to Pay Deductibles (Times-Picayune 8-6-08)
Public
RMs Fault Reimbursement Scheme (NYT 8-20-08)
Earthquakes
Floods/Mudslides
-
Anger
and Blame After Deadly Flood in Northwest (NYT 1-3-08)
-
Rush
of Water Leaves a Nevada Town in Anguish (NYT 1-7-08)
-
Feds
Fear Levee Failure in Sacramento (NYT 1-16-08)
-
Bill
Revising Some Flood Risks Due for Vote (NUPC 1-22-08)
-
Senate
Dodd Urges US Senate Flood Insurance Action (NYT 1-23-08)
-
Congress
Closer to Phasing Out Flood Insurance Subsidies (BestWire 1-23-08)
-
Awash
in Debt, US Flood Insurance Under Scrutiny (NYT 1-29-08)
-
Hurricane
Damage Claims Need Sharper Eye: GAO (NYT 1-30-08)
-
Proposed
PA Levy Has Insurers Asking Questions (BestWire 2-8-08)
-
Officials
Study Flood Rules Enforcement (Tampa Tribune 2-18-08)
-
There
Will Be Floods (NYT 2-27-08)
-
Flood
Program Reform May Go Nowhere, Says Official (NUPC 2-29-08)
-
A
Year Later, Lives Still Upended by a Storm's Damage (NYT 3-16-08)
-
FEMA
Admits It Overpaid Insurers (Times-Picayune 4-4-08)
-
FEMA
Set to Change NFIP Compensation Rate (BestWire 4-4-08)
-
Death
Looms for a Flood-Control Project (NYT 4-9-08)
-
Davenport
Resists Flood Wall as River Swells (WSJ 4-29-08)
-
Flood
Bill Reauthorization Possible Soon (NUPC 5-2-08)
-
Flood
Insurance Renewal Wins Senate Test Vote (NYT 5-6-08)
-
Before
the Flood, Make Sure Your Home is Properly Insured (WSJ 5-7-08)
-
WA
Farmers Hit Hard by Floods Return to Markets (NYT 5-20-08)
-
Floods
Threaten Midwest's Economy (WSJ 6-12-08)
-
In
Midwest Floods, a Threat to Crops (NYT 6-17-08)
-
A
Town That Looked at Leaving the Floodplain but Stayed On (NYT 6-17-08)
-
Cleanup
Begins for Flood Victims (NYT 6-17-08)
-
Mississippi
Washes Over Illinois Levees (NYT 6-18-08)
-
A
Hand-to-Hand Struggle With a Raging River (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Midwest
Flood Victims Feel Misled by Feds (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Midwest
Floods Dredge Up Dispute (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Mississippi
Surges Over Nearly a Dozen Levees (NYT 6-20-08)
-
Call
for Change Ignored, Levees Remain Patchy (NYT 6-22-08)
-
Despite
the Risk, Few Buy Insurance Against Floods (Chicago Tribune 6-20-08)
-
As
Sand Bubbles Up Along an Illinois Levee, So Do New Questions (NYT 6-23-08)
-
Uncertainty
Adds to Burden Along the River (NYT 6-25-08)
-
Nationwide:
Let Private Insurers Sell Flood Coverage (BestWire 6-26-08)
-
Losses
Sink In for Midwest as Flooding Ebbs (NYT 6-29-08)
-
That
'500-Year' Flood? (WP 7-6-08)
-
Iowans
Washed Out of Homes Find Their Future Hard to Grasp (NYT 7-30-08)
-
GAO
Scores Flood Program Poor Info (NUPC 7-28-08)
-
New
Maps Redefine Flood Zones (USA Today 11-12-08)
-
Report:
FEMA Underrates Cost of Insurance (Times-Picayune 12-2-08)
-
One
State's Gain, Another's Loss in Flood Program (NYT 12-11-08)
-
Report:
Upgrading FEMA Flood Maps Would Save Lives (NYT 1-24-09)
-
Put
Banks' Skin in Flood Program Game, Study Suggests (NUPC 1-22-09)
-
LA
Prepares to Fight New Flood Maps (Times-Picayune 1-23-09)
-
Cedar
Rapids Still Reeling From Last Year's Flood (WSJ 2-11-09)
-
ABA
Says Insurers Should Offer Options (Times-Picayune 2-25-08)
-
California
Faces Big Costs to Control Floods (WSJ 3-11-09)
-
AP
Enterprise: Few in Flood Zone Have Insurance (NYT 3-29-09)
Climate/Global Warming/Environment
Weather Patterns
Northeast
Prepares for Heat Wave (WSJ 8-1-06)
Heat
Blankets US, Causing Discomfort, and in Some Cases Death (NYT 8-3-06)
Heat
Wave Exacts a Brutal Parting Toll as It Disrupts Power (NYT 8-4-06)
The
Ununited States, When It Comes to the Weather (NYT 1-7-07)
Can
Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina? (NYT 5-29-07)
Mitigation
Plan
to Harden Homes Lags (St. Petersburg Times 1-17-07)
Building
Stronger and Smarter (Times-Picayune 3-1-07)
NCOIL
Okays Bldg. Code Model (NUPC 3-5-07)
Fortifying
Makes Castles of Homes (Investor's Business Daily 4-9-07)
Concrete
Plans (Times-Picayune 4-21-07)
Carports,
Patio Walls Cause Mega Storm Losses (NUPC 5-14-07)
Few
Homes Secured from Natural Disaster (NUPC 6-6-07)
Chairman
of Preservation Group Promotes Responsible Building (Miami Herald 6-24-07)
It
Will Take More Than a Wolf to Blow One House Down (NYT 7-3-07)
Tough
Building Code Bill in Congress (NUPC 12-13-07)
Renovations
Mean Insurance Discounts for LA Homeowners (BestWire 1-23-08)
Building
Code Bill Clears US House Panel (BestWire 6-24-08)
Built
to Weather the Storm (Austin American Statesman 2-8-09)
Other Countries
Teams
Search for Survivors in Algeria After Earthquake (NYT 5-22-03)
Japan
Digs Out Amid Big Quake's Aftershocks (NYT 10-25-04)
Earthquake,
Typhoons Not Wreaking Havoc on Japan Property Rates (BI 11-1-04)
Rising
Death Toll in China Storm Raises Questions of a Cover-Up (NYT 7-23-06)
Typhoon
Toll Much Higher Than China's Leaders Let On (NYT 9-14-06)
Insurer
Warns of Risk from China Bad Weather (FT 10-13-06)
European
Windstorm Damage Could Hit $10 Billion (BestWire 1-22-07)
Mediterranean
Hurricane Prediction Stirs New Concerns (BestWire 8-7-07)
RMS
Says Big Windstorm Costs Rising for UK (NUPC 10-11-07)
Wildfires
Proposed
CA Levy Get Grudging Nod from Insurers (BestWire 1-10-08)
Risky
Business (LA Times 2-24-08)
California
Frets Fire's Early Start (WSJ 6-3-08)
Wildfires
Heat Up Debate on Inadequate Insurance Coverage (LA Times 6-6-08)
Anxiety
Grows in West Over Firefighting Efforts (NYT 6-19-08)
Fires
Blaze Across Northern California (NYT 6-22-08)
Escalating
Insurance Claims Seen (San Diego Tribune 7-22-08)
As
Wildfires Get Wilder, the Costs of Fighting Them are Untamed (LA Times
7-27-08)
Where
Wildfires Burn, Insurers Get Cold Feet (WSJ 8-14-08)
Calif.
Fire Loss at $104M; Could Climb to $550M (NYT 11-19-08)
As
California Fires Smolder, Insurers Contemplate Change (BestWire 11-20-08)
Death
Toll Climbs in Australia Fires (NYT 2-10-09)
Extreme
Weather Events Complicates Insurance Coverage in Australia (BestWire
3-24-09)
Tornadoes/Other Storms
Insurance
Tab for Northwest Storms Could Top Half Billion (BestWire 12-19-06)
Some
Northwest Residents See Trees Differently After Storm (NYT 1-8-07)
Insurers'
Cliams Climb to the Thousands from US Winter Storm (BestWire 1-18-07)
Twisters
Hit Central Florida, Killing at Least 19 (NYT 2-3-07)
Bush
Designates Four Counties As Disaster Areas in Central Florida (WSJ
2-4-07)
Insurers
Forsee No Problems After Tornadoes (NYT 2-6-07)
East
Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records (NYT 4-16-07)
Storm
Leaves a Toll of Flooding and Hardship (NYT 4-17-07)
A.M.
Best Tornado Study (BestWire 4-18-07)
After
9 Die in Kansas, a New Wave of Tornadoes (NYT 5-6-07)
An
Empty Place Where a Kansas Town Once Stood (NYT 5-7-07)
2006
A Record for Tornado Losses (NUPC 5-9-07)
Kansas
Tornado Loss Put at $80M (NUPC 5-25-07)
A
Sudden Storm Brings NYC to Its Knees (NYT 8-9-07)
Tenn.
Tornado Victims Waiting for Aid (NYT 3-8-08)
Storm
Damages Dowtown Atlanta (NYT 3-15-08)
Insured
Losses from Georgia, South Carolina Tornadoes in the Hundreds of Millions
(BestWire 3-17-08)
Big
Storms Continue to Strike Midwest (NYT 3-22-08)
Tracking
the Cause of Twisters (WSJ 5-19-08)
Other
National Catastrophe Plan/State
Cat Plans
Government
Role in Cat Coverage Necessary, Insurers Say (BestWire 1-9-08)
Giuliani
Says He Favors National Catastrophe Fund (Palm Beach Post 1-11-08)
Giuliani
Talks About Insurance in Florida (NYT 1-13-08)
CAT
Fund Backers Begin Voter Campaign (NUPC 1-23-08)
Giuliani's
Florida Win Appears in Danger (NYT 1-24-08)
Catastrophic-Fund
Plan Moves to Fore in Florida (WSJ 1-26-08)
AIA
Puts Coastal Insurance Needs High on Legislative Agenda (NYT 1-28-08)
Tower
Group Urges New US, Insurer Focus on Cats (NUPC 2-5-08)
Help
States With Catastrophes, House Panel Told (NUPC 2-11-08)
NCOIL
Delays Cat Resolution, Hears Pitch for Federal Fund (BestWire 2-29-08)
Sen.
Clinton Pushing Wind Cover in Flood Program (NUPC 3-10-08)
Reinsurers,
Consumers Fight Flood Program Windstorm Bill (NUPC 3-27-08)
FL's
McCarty Retains Focus on Cat Issues (BestWire 3-31-08)
NAIC
Catastrophe Plan Held Up (NUPC 3-31-08)
Missouri
Lawmakers Consider Cat Fund (BestWire 4-9-08)
GAO
Outlines Problem Adding Wind Cover to NFIP (NUPC 5-6-08)
One-Stop
Storm Policies Proposed (Times-Picayune 5-11-08)
Obama
Backs National Cat Fund (NUPC 5-23-08)
Taxpayers
May Face Hurricane Tab (WSJ 5-31-08)
Obama,
Dems Hit McCain on National Cat Fund (NUPC 6-6-08)
Travelers
Supports Fed Cat Reinsurance Paid for by Insurers (NUPC 6-9-08)
NJ
Senate Leader Proposes Catastrophe Fund (BestWire 6-26-08)
Catastrophe
Ahead (Chicago Tribune 6-29-08)
Why
Disaster Insurance is the Responsible Policy (Palm Beach Post 6-29-08)
FL
Senator Blames RAA for Failure of State Cat Fund Resolution (BestWire
7-10-08)
Producer
Group and Carriers Promote Cat Plan (BestWire 7-15-08)
Multistate
Coastal Insurance Plan Earning Agent, Insurer Support (BestWire 7-16-08)
The
Hartford Launches National Cat Plan Effort (NUPC 7-30-08)
Let's
Work Together to Resolve Insurance Crisis (Miami Herald 9-26-08)
Hartford's
Coastal Insurance Plan Gains Industry Support (BestWire 8-7-08)
McCain
Opposes National Cat Fund (NUPC 8-19-08)
Group
Says US Cat Fund Would Cost Taxpayers Big Bucks (NUPC 8-21-08)
Cat
Backstop Bill Report Called Fatally Flawed (NUPC 8-25-08)
Debate
Gaining Strength Over Government's Insurance Role (WSJ 9-2-08)
DNC
Moves Platform with Plan Endorsing National Cat Fund (BestWire 8-29-08)
GOP
Platform Adds a Cat Policy Plank (NUPC 9-4-08)
Obama
Can Quickly Deliver on Some Florida Promises (Sun-Sentinel 11-6-08)
Travelers
Plan Ready for Florida Crisis, CEO Fishman Says (NUPC 11-24-08)
Travelers
Pitches Insurance for Coastal Areas (Biloxi Sun-Herald 2-5-09)
Multi-Peril
Bill Reintroduced; Industry Opposed (NUPC 3-4-09)
State-Pooled
Cat Risk Plan Gets New Look (BestWire 3-20-09)
FL
Finds State Allies in Renewed Push for Federal Hurricane Insurance Help
(NYT 4-21-09)
Group
Unveils Plan to Save Billions From Hurricanes (NUPC 4-23-09)
Charity
Buffet
Always Planned to Give Away His Billions (NYT 6-26-06)
The
Great Giveaway (WSJ 7-8-06)
Claims/Claim Disputes/Contracts
Insurers
Dig in on Claims, Go to Trial (NLJ 2-2-04)
Claim-Suppression
Plan Gets Travelers in Trouble (NLJ 2-9-04)
Insurance
Company Files Suit to Fight Claim (KC Star 5-15-04)
Marlins
Strike Out on Claim Against Lloyd's to Cover Injury (BI 7-12-04)
Britney
Spears Sues 8 Insurers Over Knee Injury Coverage (DJ 2-8-05)
When
Appealing an Insurer's Decision Be Ready to Do Some Paperwork (WSJ
4-29-05)
AIG
Unit Hit With Bad-Faith Charges (BI 8-8-05)
AIG's
Other Reputation (WP 8-21-05)
Insurers,
Banks Clash Over Claims for Enron, WorldCom Settlements (WSJ 12-23-05)
Insurers
in (Claims) Denial (Money 3-1-06)
Stinky
Thinking (Claims Ethics) (NYT 4-2-06)
In
Tough Hands at Allstate (BW 5-1-06)
The
Check is Not in the Mail (NYT 5-25-06)
Fired
Whistleblower Alleges Allstate Gypped Policyholders (NUPC 6-7-06)
De
Niro Battles Firm Over Cancer Diagnosis (NYT 5-22-06)
Report:
P-C Insurers Fail to Adopt to Best Claim Methods (NUPC 6-22-07)
Modeling
to Cut Insurer Costs, Set Reserves is Outlined (NUPC 6-24-07)
Allianz
Expert: Claims Handling Vital to Insurer Performance (BestWire 7-12-07)
Claims
Software Mistreats Customers, Says CFA (NUPC 11-30-07)
Why
Runoff Disputes Often Linger (BI 12-24-07)
NY
Says Insurer's Bad Faith Can Lead to Added Claims (NUPC 2-20-08)
Willis
Rolls Out Insurer Rating Tool to Measure Quality, Claims Response (BI
4-21-08)
How
a Get-Tough Policy Lifted Allstate's Profits (Sarasota Herald-Tribune
5-6-08)
Drivers,
Insurers Colliding in Rate Suits (NLJ 4-21-08)
New
NY Regulation Calls for Policy Contract Certainty (NUPC 10-16-08)
Commercial Insurance
Insurance
Dispute in Fatal Capsizing May Leave Survivors With Nothing but Debts
(NYT 2-23-06)
Tillinghast
Survey Seeks Accuracy in Commercial Lines Pricing, Loss Data (BestWire
4-5-06)
Brokers
Call for Contract Certainty (NUPC 4-6-06)
Analyst:
Commercial Property Insurance Rates Up (NUPC 4-13-06)
Underinsurance
Risky for Small Businesses (WP 5-10-06)
Big
Scares Are Big Business (NYT 6-5-06)
Railroad
Liability Market on Verge of 'Collapse,' Broker Tells Congress (BestWire
6-19-06)
Willis
Group to Rank Insurers (WSJ 6-22-06)
Pool
May Be Revived to Cover Losses (Miami Herald 6-24-06)
Property/Casualty
Cost Depends on Zone (BI 7-3-06)
CIAB:
Cat Insurance Rates Up as Other Lines Soften (NUPC 7-21-06)
A
Scramble to Recover Big Dig Costs (Berkshire Eagle 7-22-06)
Marsh:
Property Viewed As a 'Bifurcated' Market (NUPC 7-27-06)
Ace
Bets on Specialty Expertise in Shifting Commercial Market (BestWire
8-9-06)
Security
Property Coverage Becomes a Challenge (BI 8-21-06)
Commercial
Carriers Focused on Non-Cat Risks (BestWire 8-28-06)
Baptist
Has $75 Million Insurance Deductible (Miami Herald 10-15-06)
Liability
Insurance for Small Business (WSJ 10-24-06)
Outlook
Stable for Commercial Lines, S&P Finds (NUPC 12-6-06)
Supply
Chain Insurance Can Fill Gaps in BI Coverage (BI 11-5-07)
Securing
Insurance in Risky Industries (BW 4-7-08)
Is
Liability Insurance a Must to Go Global? (BW 6-18-08)
Energy
Insurance Rates Slip as Global Capacity Increases (BI 6-30-08)
Program
Business Gets Smiles From Carriers (Rough Notes 2-08)
More
Turn to Professional Groups for Insurance (WSJ 8-12-08)
Consumer Advice/Opinions
A
Better Insurance Claim (WSJ 9-11-02)
Savvy
Insurance Shoppers Can Avoid High Premiums (WSJ 11-3-02)
Greater
Savings, More Risk for People Who Self-Insure (DJ 3-12-03)
Self-Insurance
Can Prove Costly If Used as a Ploy for Saving Money (DJ 3-18-03)
Supermarkets
Top Survey for Customer Satisfaction (WSJ 5-28-03)
Loose
Lips, Higher Premiums? (Washington Post 10-5-03)
One-Stop
Shopping (Forbes 12-8-03)
U.
of Mich. Poll Finds P-C Insurers Satisfy Customers (NUPC 2-18-04)
10
Insurance Policies You Don't Need (Consumer Reports 7-04)
Don't
Let Your Fears Sell You Insurance (WSJ 7-29-04)
Making
Your Insurer Pay (Motley Fool 8-13-04)
The
Warranty Windfall (BW 12-20-04)
Consumer
Service Indicator Tumbles (AJC 2-16-05)
When
You Might Need 'Extra' Insurance (WSJ 4-24-05)
Updating
the 'Rules of Thumb' on Life, Auto, Home Insurance (WSJ 12-14-05)
PIA
Regional to Begin Annual Rating of Carriers (NU 1-23-06)
NAIC
Launching Insure U for Consumers (NUPC 2-27-06)
Give
Insurer a Hard Look (WSJ 4-16-06)
Selective
Tops in NY Agent Satisfaction Survey (NUPC 7-11-06)
Shop
Smart for Insurance (WP 10-1-05)
Are
You Overinsured? (WSJ 2-17-07)
Insurance
Plans You Can Avoid (BW 1-13-06)
Consumer Advocates
Stock
Losses Boost Premiums, Study Says (LA Times 10-15-02)
Insurers
Flip the 'Crisis' Switch (LA Times 12-24-02)
Reply:
Rosenfield's Goals: No Victory for the Insured (LA Times 12-30-02)
Consumer
Groups Criticize Insurance Regulations Chief (NYT 3-4-04)
Consumers
Reps Grade NAIC (NULH 12-12-06)
Consumer
Groups Say 'Overcapitalized' Industry Doesn't Need Backstops (BestWire
1-8-07)
Heavyweights
Duke It Out in NU's 'Battle of the Bobs' (NU 11-15-07)
Credit and Mortgage Insurance/Lending
Commerce
Commissioner: Zales, Circuit City Cited for Insurance Violations (Minn.
Star-Tribune 11-15-01)
NAIC
Takes Issue With Report on Credit Insurance (NCPC 11-30-01)
Court
Limits Minnesota Credit Insurance Attack (NUPC 7-11-02)
Mortgage
Life Insurance Surges (NYT 10-20-02)
Varied
Ways to Protect Mortgages (NYT 2-23-03)
Credit
Insurance Is Often a Waste of Money (Kansas City Star 10-5-03)
Lenders
Peddle Protection, at A Hefty Profit (WP 3-13-04)
Harsh
Lending Laws Fail Consumers (AJC 1-29-05)
Swift
Foreclosures Dash American Dream (AJC 1-29-05)
Borrower
Beware: Day II (AJC 1-30-05)
Borrower
Beware: Part III (AJC 1-31-05)
Borrower
Beware: Part IV (AJC 2-1-05)
Be
Leery of Costly 'Credit Protection' (WSJ 11-13-05)
Credit
Life Insurance Issued and In Force Decreased in 2005 (BestWire 10-16-06)
Credit Scoring
Florida
Judge Shoots Down Insurance Scoring Rule (BestWire 1-3-07)
Credit
Scores: What's Fair Use? (NLJ 1-15-07)
High
Court to Hear Consumer Credit Case (NYT 1-16-07)
Credit
Score Challengers Grilled by High Court (NUPC 1-16-07)
Federal
Judge Grants Final Approval to TX Ins Scoring Lawsuit Settlement (BestWire
2-16-07)
Delaware
Senate Panel Okays Credit Score Ban (NUPC 3-22-07)
Delaware
Restricts Credit Scoring (NUPC 5-10-07)
New
Scoring Formula Means Building a Credit Will Get Harder (USA Today
7-10-07)
FTC:
Insurance Scoring Leads to Different Rates for Minorities (BestWire
7-25-05)
FTC
Commissioner Disowns Agency's Study (BestWire 7-25-07)
Long-Awaited
Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Report Settles Little (BestWire 7-30-07)
Fed
Reserve Board: No Credit Score Race Bias (NUPC 8-16-07)
House
Panel Doubts Credit Score Accuracy (NUPC 10-3-07)
FTC
Commissioner Defends Report on Credit-Based Insurance Scores (BestWire
10-3-07)
Insurer
Faces Class-Action Suit Over Its Credit-Scoring System (Chicago Tribune
11-24-07)
Federal
Bill Would Restrict Insurers' Use of Credit (BestWire 3-14-08)
As
Economy Sags, Pressure Heats Up for Credit-Based Insurance-Scoring Ban
(BestWire 4-14-08)
Credit
Score Ban Would Be Disruptive, Congress Told (NUPC 5-21-08)
FTC
Orders Nine Homeowners Insurers Cough Up Insurance-Scoring Data (BestWire
12-23-08)
Hard
Times Renew Focus on Using Credit Scores to Set Premiums (Hartford
Courant 1-25-09)
Crop Insurance/Agriculture
In
the Farm Bill, a Creature From the Black Lagoon (NYT 1-13-08)
Farm
Lobby Beats Back Assault on Subsidies (NYT 3-27-08)
Congress
Approves $5.6 Billion in Crop Insurance (BestWire 5-15-08)
World's
Poor Pays Price as Crop Research Is Cut (NYT 5-18-08)
A
Brighter Side of High Prices (NYT 5-18-08)
Agriculture's
Last Frontier (WSJ 5-27-08)
UN
Issues Warning On Food Crisis (NYT 6-4-08)
Food
is Gold, So Billions Invested in Farming (NYT 6-5-08)
Food
Crisis Forces New Look at Farming (WSJ 6-10-08)
Fledgling
Farm Aid Group Growing Up (NYT 6-13-08)
Weather,
Costs Could Cause Record Texas Ag Losses (NYT 6-17-08)
Insurers'
Q2 Seen Hurt by Flood Claims - Analyst (NYT 6-19-08)
Crop
Insurers Face Large Flood Claims (NYT 6-19-08)
US
May Free Up More Land for Corn Crops (NYT 6-21-08)
In
Fertile India, Growth Outstrips Agriculture (NYT 6-22-08)
Corn
Farmers' Hopes are Dashed by the Flood (NYT 6-25-08)
Ag
Secretary, Lawmakers Discuss Farmers' Flood Aid (NYT 6-27-08)
On
China Farms, Push for Consolidation is Growing (WSJ 7-25-08)
Niche
Farming Offers a Way Back to the Land (NYT 8-7-08)
Corn
Crop on Track for a Near-Record Harvest (NYT 8-13-08)
Acres
of Farmland and, Maybe, Profits (NYT 8-17-08)
On
Parched Farms, Using Intuition to Find Water (NYT 10-9-08)
In
China, Leaders Turn Focus to Farmers' Plight (WSJ 10-10-08)
Too
Many Rich Farmers Get Subsidies: GAO (NYT 11-25-08)
The
Latest Buzz for Beekeepers is Crop Insurance (NYT 12-26-08)
Bumpy
Crop: Farming's Sudden Feasts and Famines (NYT 12-30-08)
Crop
Insurers Expect Congress May Ramp Up Oversight (NUPC 1-7-08)
Chile
Takes Steps to Rehabilitate its Lucrative Salmon Industry (NYT 2-5-09)
Texas
Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought (NYT 2-12-09)
Drought
Shrivels China's Wheat Belt (NYT 2-25-08)
Crop
Insurance Subsidies Cut in Budget Proposal (WSJ 2-26-08)
Obama's
Farm Subsidy Cuts Meets Stiff Resistance (NYT 4-4-09)
Crime
Violent
Crime Rising Sharply in Some Cities (NYT 2-12-06)
Demographics
Persistent
Drop in Fertility Reshapes Europe's Future (NYT 12-26-02)
Fertility
'Revolution' Lowers Birth Rates (WSJ 1-24-03)
For
Ailing Japan, Longevity Takes Bite Out of Economy (WSJ 2-11-03)
Life
Expectancy in U.S. Reaches a Record High (WP 3-15-03)
China
Weighs Easing Its Harsh 'One Child' Rule (WSJ 10-4-04)
China
Scrambles for Stability as Its Workers Age (NYT 3-22-07)
Demutualization/For-Profit Conversions
Suit
Attacks Plan to Change Blue Cross Status (NYT 8-21-02)
Michigan
Forbids Blue Cross Conversion (NULH 9-27-02)
State
Gives Empire Blue Cross Approval for a For-Profit Switch (NYT 9-9-02)
Quandry
Over Health Insurer: Does It Pay to Sell? (WP 10-24-02)
Life
in the Public Eye (BR 11-02)
Many
Sides Await Deal on Insurer (NYT 12-22-03)
Interboro
Converts to a Stock Firm to Cure Insolvency (NUPC 2-26-07)
Disability Income Insurance
NAIC
Finds Income Protection Shortage (NULH 2-28-07)
Veterans
Face Vast Inequities Over Disability (NYT 3-9-07)
Weigh
the Risk of Disability (NYT 3-11-07)
In
College, Insurance Can Be Best Policy (NYT 4-22-07)
Disabled
Need Better Care, More Research (NYT 4-24-07)
NFL
Disability Plan Testimony (WP 6-27-07)
Disability,
the Insurance That is Often Sadly Overlooked (NYT 6-30-07)
Wounded
Vets Also Suffer Financial Woes (NYT 9-29-07)
Rehab
Plan Announced for NFL's Ex-Players (NYT 12-11-07)
Disability
Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises (NYT 12-10-07)
Sickened,
and Fighting Another Cold War (NYT 12-23-07)
Economics, Economy and Federal Budget
-
Energy/Mining
-
Oil
in North Dakota Brings Job Boom and Burdens (NYT 1-1-08)
-
Oil
Hits Record $100 A Barrel (NYT 1-2-08)
-
Oil
Hits $100, Jolting Markets (WSJ 1-3-08)
-
Race
to Make Electric Cars Stalled by Battery Problems (WSJ 1-11-08)
-
General
Motors to Partner with Cellulosic Ethanol Firm (WSJ 1-13-08)
-
Bush
Pushes Saudi Arabia on Oil Prices (WSJ 1-15-08)
-
An
Oil Quandry: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories (NYT 1-19-08)
-
Oil
Demand, the Climate and the Energy Ladder (NYT 1-19-08)
-
Israel
is Set to Promote the Use of Electric Cars (NYT 1-21-08)
-
In
a World Short of Oil, Provisions Must Be Made (WSJ 1-26-08)
-
A
Green Industry Takes Root in California (NYT 2-1-08)
-
A
'Bold' Step to Capture an Elusive Gas Falters (NYT 2-3-08)
-
Tiny
Cars Make it Big (WSJ 2-6-08)
-
China
Spurs Coal-Price Surge (WSJ 2-12-08)
-
Exxon
Has Off Year Discovering New Oil (WSJ 2-16-08)
-
As
Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to US Rises (NYT 2-17-08)
-
Scientists
Would Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Gasoline (NYT 2-19-08)
-
Move
Over, Oil, There's Money in Texas Wind (NYT 2-23-08)
-
Oil
Hits a High; Some See $4 Gas by Spring (NYT 2-26-08)
-
House
Passes Renewable Energy Credits (NYT 2-28-08)
-
Thirsting
for Energy in India's Boomtowns and Beyond (NYT 3-2-08)
-
Bush
Urges Action on Corn Price Rises Fueled by Ethanol (NYT 3-5-08)
-
A
Global Need for Grain That Farms Can't Fill (NYT 3-9-08)
-
Pollution
Is Called a Byproduct of a 'Clean' Fuel (NYT 3-11-08)
-
New
Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days (NYT 4-15-08)
-
Hydrogen
Fuel Stations Opens in White Plains (NYT 3-16-08)
-
Inertia
Foils Efforts to Curb Fuel Use (WSJ 3-17-08)
-
An
Export in Solid Supply (NYT 3-19-08)
-
The
Big Thirst (NYT 4-20-08)
-
Not-So-Free-Ride
(NYT 4-20-08)
-
Europe
Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears (NYT 4-23-08)
-
Amid
High Oil Prices, Danger Signs in Production (NYT 4-28-08)
-
Big
Plans for Biodiesel Stall in Southeast Asia (WSJ 4-30-08)
-
In
Wyoming, the Dark Side of America's Thirst for Energy (NYT 5-1-08)
-
Hints
of a Shift at OPEC on Increasing Oil Output (NYT 5-10-08)
-
Gas
Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit (NYT 5-10-08)
-
New
Wave of Nuclear Plants Faces High Costs (WSJ 5-12-08)
-
New
Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks (NYT 5-21-08)
-
Senators
Challenge Oil Executives (NYT 5-22-08)
-
Italy
Embraces Nuclear Power (NYT 5-23-08)
-
Oil
Industry, Lawmakers Aim to Lift Bans on Drilling (WSJ 5-23-08)
-
For
All the Ecological Concern, Economy Drives Energy Use (WSJ 5-27-08)
-
In
Vermont, a Debate Swirls Around an Aging Nuclear Plant (NYT 5-28-08)
-
Norway's
Think to Produce, Sell Small Electric Cars in US (WSJ 5-29-08)
-
Regulators
Step Up Probes of Trading in Oil Markets (WSJ 5-30-08)
-
IEA
Chief Sees Oil Demand Falling, Calls for Initiative to Cut Emissions
(WSJ 6-6-08)
-
Oil
Prices Raise Cost of Making a Range of Goods (NYT 6-8-08)
-
Running
in Circles Over Carbon (NYT 6-8-08)
-
Oil-Price
Surge Stymies Leaders (WSJ 6-9-08)
-
Top
Car Dealer Says High Gas Prices Are Good for the US Auto Industry (NYT
6-9-08)
-
GM
Seeks More Federal Aid on Battery Development (NYT 6-12-08)
-
Russian
Oil Dispute Renews Concerns (NYT 6-17-08)
-
Honda
Starts Producing Fuel-Cell Cars (NYT 6-17-08)
-
Dearth
of Deep-Sea Drilling Ships Hinders Offshore Oil Search (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Bush
Calls for End to Ban on Offshore Drilling (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Winds
Shift in Energy Debate (WSJ 6-19-08)
-
In
Saudi Oil-Output Talks, The World Will Be a Stage (WSJ 6-19-08)
-
Deals
With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back (NYT 6-19-08)
-
McCain
Sets Goal of 45 New Nuclear Reactors by 2030 (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Saudis
Promise More Oil to Curb World-Wide Fears (WSJ 6-23-08)
-
Rethinking
the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise (NYT 6-25-08)
-
Fill'er
Up: Gas Is Cheap in Tijuana, So Californians Buy Big Fuel Tanks (WSJ
6-24-08)
-
Citing
Need for Assessments, US Freezes Solar Energy Projects (NYT 6-27-08)
-
City
of Houston Gives Wind Power a Turn (WSJ 7-2-08)
-
US
Lifts Moratorium on New Solar Projects (NYT 7-3-08)
-
GM
to Spped Decision on Mini Car for US (NYT 7-5-08)
-
American
Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot (NYT 7-6-08)
-
Wildcatters
Plunge Into North Iraq (WSJ 7-9-08)
-
A
Bipartisan Fix for the Oil Crisis (WSJ 7-10-08)
-
Gore
Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power (NYT 7-18-08)
-
Squeezing
Oil From a Stone (WSJ 7-18-08)
-
Texas
Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project (NYT 7-19-08)
-
Former
GM CEO Stempel On the Future of Electric Cars (NYT 7-21-08)
-
Rebuilding
a Dutch Tradition, One Windmill at a Time (NYT 7-22-08)
-
A
Difficult Road Awaits for Energy Conservation (NYT 7-22-08)
-
Agency
Surveys Oil and Gas Potential Within Artic Circle (NYT 7-24-08)
-
Gassing
Up With Garbage (NYT 7-24-08)
-
In
Gas-Powered World, Ethanol Stirs Complaints (NYT 7-26-08)
-
Oil
Exports From Northern Iraq Rise Sharply (NYT 7-26-08)
-
Fuel
Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on US (NYT 7-28-08)
-
Louisianians
Cash in on Gas Rush (NYT 7-29-08)
-
Turf
War Hits Iraq's Oil Industry (NYT 7-30-08)
-
You
Know Gas Prices Are High When Texans Start Driving Golf Carts (WSJ
7-31-08)
-
Giant
Retailers Look to Sun for Energy Savings (NYT 8-11-08)
-
US
Retools Economy, Curbing Thirst for Oil (WSJ 8-12-08)
-
Two
Large Solar Plants Planned in California (NYT 8-15-08)
-
France
Reaffirms Its Faith in Future of Nuclear Power (NYT 8-17-08)
-
Bloomberg
Offers Windmill Power Plan (NYT 8-20-08)
-
Mining
Industry Shifts on More Bad News (WSJ 8-25-08)
-
Drilling
Boom Revives Hopes for Natural Gas (NYT 8-25-08)
-
Miners
Seek to Cash In on Steel Industry Demand (NYT 9-2-08)
-
As
Oil Prices Fall, OPEC Faces a Balancing Act (NYT 9-5-08)
-
As
Oil and Gas Prices Rise, Wood Stoves Gain Converts (NYT 9-15-08)
-
Solar
Panels are Vanishing, Only to Reappear on the Internet (NYT 9-24-08)
-
A
Boom for Small Business in Solar Energy (NYT 9-25-08)
-
Exxon
Sticks with Spending Plans (WSJ 10-20-08)
-
As
Oil Prices Drop, OPEC Ponders Tough Solutions (NYT 10-22-08)
-
Nuclear
Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival (NYT 10-24-08)
-
Exxon
Posts $14.83 Billion Profit, Its Highest Ever (WSJ 10-30-08)
-
ADM's
Profit Soars on Higher Selling Prices (WSJ 11-4-08)
-
A
Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power (NYT 11-28-08)
-
Price
Swings Put Oil Dealers at Risk (NYT 11-28-08)
-
Cities
Give Waste-to-Energy Plants a Second Look (WSJ 12-6-08)
-
Up
on the Roof, New Jobs in Solar Power (NYT 12-14-08)
-
OPEC
Agrees to Another Cut in Production (WSJ 12-18-08)
-
Burning
Coal at Home is Making a Comeback (NYT 12-27-08)
-
No
Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in 'Passive Houses' (NYT 12-27-08)
-
Gazprom,
Once Mighty, Is Reeling (NYT 12-30-08)
-
Focus
on Weatherization is Shift on Energy Costs (NYT 12-30-08)
-
Gazprom
Dispute Entangles Europe (NYT 1-7-09)
-
Alternative
Energy Companies Grow Even as Others Falter (NYT 1-13-09)
-
Geography
is Dividing Democrats Over Energy (NYT 1-27-09)
-
In
Bolivia, a Tight Grip on the Next Big Resource (NYT 2-3-09)
-
Dark
Days for Green Energy (NYT 2-4-09)
-
Ethanol,
Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling (NYT 2-12-09)
-
Is
America Ready to Quit Coal? (NYT 2-15-09)
-
Future
Dim for Nuclear Waste Repository (NYT 3-6-09)
-
Harnessing
the Sun, With Help From Cities (NYT 3-15-09)
-
Nuclear-Power
Industry Enjoys Revival 30 Years After Accident (WSJ 3-28-09)
-
Cost
Works Against Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources in Time of Recession
(NYT 3-29-09)
-
Environment
-
St.
Paul Stops a Waterfront Developer From Crossing the Mississippi (NYT
1-2-08)
-
In
Greenland, Ice and Instability (NYT 1-8-08)
-
A
Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life (NYT 1-12-08)
-
Big
Firms Invest in a Greener China (WSJ 1-14-08)
-
Europe
May Ban Imports of Some Biofuel Crops (NYT 1-14-08)
-
Climate
Talk's Cancellation Splits a Town (NYT 1-17-08)
-
Damaged
Landscape Can Still Be Helpful, Researchers Say (NYT 1-19-08)
-
US
Given Poor Marks on the Environment (NYT 1-23-08)
-
China
Offers Plan to Clean Up Its Polluted Lakes (NYT 1-23-08)
-
China
Close to Deal to Ease Dam Impact (WSJ 1-29-08)
-
The
Preservation Predicament (NYT 1-29-08)
-
Georgia
Loses Federal Case in a Dispute About Water (NYT 2-6-08)
-
Biofuels
Deemed a Greenhouse Threat (NYT 2-8-08)
-
Lake
Mead Could Be Within a Few Years of Going Dry, Study Finds (NYT 2-13-08)
-
Mercury
Taint Divides a Japanese Whaling Town (NYT 2-21-08)
-
Georgia
Claims a Sliver of the Tennessee River (NYT 2-22-08)
-
Mine
Water Poses Danger of a Toxic Gusher (NYT 2-28-08)
-
Amid
Water Shortage, Australia Looks to the Sea (WSJ 3-11-08)
-
Environmental
Agency Tightens Smog Standards (NYT 3-13-08)
-
Economist
Strikes Gold in Climate-Change Fight (WSJ 3-13-08)
-
Lofty
Pledge to Cut Emissions Comes with Caveat in Norway (NYT 3-22-08)
-
Thinking
Green While Sifting Through the Sand (NYT 3-22-08)
-
As
Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation Program (NYT 4-9-08)
-
Harnessing
Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods (NYT 4-9-08)
-
UN
Effort to Curtail Emissions in Turmoil (NYT 4-12-08)
-
With
Guns and Fines, Brazil Takes on Loggers (NYT 4-19-08)
-
Salmon
Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast (NYT 5-9-08)
-
Uranium
Producer Warns of Lake Ontario Pollution (NYT 5-22-08)
-
Brazil
Rainforest Analysis Sets Off Political Debate (NYT 5-25-08)
-
Water-Starved
California Slows Development (NYT 6-7-08)
-
Twilight
for the Forest People (NYT 6-8-08)
-
The
Growth Opportunities of Clean Water (NYT 6-19-08)
-
Forget
the Planet, Retrofit the Earth (WSJ 6-19-08)
-
Sea
of Trash (NYT 6-22-08)
-
A
Green Coal Baron? (NYT 6-22-08)
-
Follow
the Silt (NYT 6-24-08)
-
Can
Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis (NYT 6-29-08)
-
Possible
Flaws in State Plan to Rescue the Everglades (NYT 7-2-08)
-
Ice
Free (NYT 7-27-08)
-
Houston
Resists Recyling, and Independent Streak is Cited (NYT 7-29-08)
-
A
Dance of Environment and Economics in the Everglades (NYT 7-31-08)
-
A
Tall, Cool Drink of ... Sewage? (WSJ 8-8-08)
-
Handle
with Care (NYT 8-12-08)
-
Rapid
Growth Found in Oxygen-Starved Ocean 'Dead Zones" (NYT 8-15-08)
-
Bottling
Plans Pushes Groundwater to Center Stage in Vermont (NYT 8-21-08)
-
At
Conference on the Risks to Earth, Few Are Optimistic (NYT 8-24-08)
-
Amid
Dry Times in the West, a Lake Raises Spirits (NYT 8-24-08)
-
Settlement
Returns Water to Indians, Giving Hope for a Healthier Way of Life (NYT
8-31-08)
-
Beyond
Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogen's Effects (NYT 9-2-08)
-
Privately
Owned Fisheries May Help Shore Up Stocks (NYT 9-19-08)
-
Tuna
Imperiled by Its Bicoastal Habits (NYT 10-2-08)
-
A
Low Country Seeks Higher Ground (NYT 11-7-08)
-
BP
Pulls Out of Bidding for UK Climate-Change Project (WSJ 11-8-08)
-
Report
Sees New Pollution Threat (NYT 11-14-08)
-
The
(Tuna) Tragedy of the Commons (NYT 11-26-08)
-
In
Maryland, Focus on Poultry Industry Pollution (NYT 11-29-08)
-
Climate
Envoys Battle Over Forests, Emissions (NYT 12-8-08)
-
EPA
Ruling Could Speed Up Approval of Coal Plants (NYT 12-19-08)
-
Coal
Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards (NYT 12-25-08)
-
Bad
Harvest, Low Demand Threaten Pacific Fishermen (NYT 12-28-08)
-
Move
to Increase Logging on Oregon Land (NYT 1-1-09)
-
Hundreds
of Coal Ash Dumps Lack Regulation (NYT 1-7-09)
-
Europe
to Push Carbon Trading System (NYT 1-24-09)
-
Study
Pinpoints Main Source of Asia's Brown Cloud (NYT 1-27-09)
-
Detroit
Calls Emissions Proposals Too Strict (NYT 1-27-09)
-
New
Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests (NYT 1-30-09)
-
Rising
Acidity Threatens Oceans (NYT 1-31-09)
-
The
Toxic Paradox (NYT 2-8-09)
-
Drought
Adds to Hardships in California (NYT 2-22-08)
-
Loggers
Try to Adapt to Greener Economy (NYT 3-29-09)
-
Third-World
Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight (NYT 4-16-09)
-
Study
Finds a Pattern of Severe Droughts in Africa (NYT 4-17-09)
-
Other
-
Private
Cash Sets Agenda for Urban Infrastructure (NYT 1-6-08)
-
Stop
the World (and Avoid Reality) (NYT 1-6-08)
-
Lives
of Poverty, Untouched by China's Boom (NYT 1-13-08)
-
China
and US Demand Drives Commodities Surge (NYT 1-15-08)
-
Blue-Collar
Jobs Disappear, Taking Families' Way of Life Along (NYT 1-16-08)
-
Unintended
Consequences (NYT 1-20-08)
-
For
Clinton, Government as Economic Prod (NYT 1-21-08)
-
EBay
Upgrades Auctions, but Investors Aren't Buying (WSJ 1-19-08)
-
To
Some, the Widening Crisis Seems Driven by Fear, Not Facts (NYT 1-22-08)
-
Developing
Economies Face Reckoning as US Stumbles (WSJ 1-24-08)
-
Waving
Goodbye to Hegemony (NYT 1-27-08)
-
Paying
the Price for the Fed's Success (NYT 1-27-08)
-
Rethinking
the Meat-Guzzler (NYT 1-27-08)
-
To
Build Confidence, Try Better Bricks (NYT 1-27-08)
-
Pentagon
Seeks Record Level in 2009 Budget (NYT 2-3-08)
-
Bush
Seeks Budget of $3.1 Trillion (NYT 2-4-08)
-
Rising
Cost of Iraq War May Reignite Public Debate (WSJ 2-4-08)
-
New
Era Dawns for Rail Building (NYT 2-13-08)
-
Europe
Goes Its Own Way on Rates (WSJ 2-14-08)
-
Driving
to the Gold Rush (NYT 2-20-08)
-
Ford
is Pushing Buyouts to Workers (NYT 2-26-08)
-
The
Politics of Trade in Ohio (NYT 2-27-08)
-
Why
Old Technologies Are Still Kicking (NYT 3-23-08)
-
Even
at Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price is Set in Stone (NYT 3-23-08)
-
States'
Budget Crises Will Hurt Millions (NYT 3-16-08)
-
Partying
Like It's 1929 (NYT 3-21-08)
-
In
High Prices, Moribund Mines Find a Silver Bullet (NYT 4-3-08)
-
Soaring
Gold Prices Lure New Breed of Diggers (NYT 4-5-08)
-
When
the Splurge Takes Its Toll (NYT 4-6-08)
-
2
Outcomes When Foreigners Buy Factories (NYT 4-7-08)
-
Factories
Fading, Hospitals Step In (WSJ 4-15-08)
-
UN
Urges Radical Changes in Food Production (NYT 4-16-08)
-
McCain
Outlines Broad Proposals for US Economy (NYT 4-16-08)
-
State
Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest (NYT 5-12-08)
-
Report
Sees Decade of High Food Prices (NYT 5-30-08)
-
Revived
Paper Mill Brings a Town Back With It (NYT 6-5-08)
-
Union
Critical of Obama's Top Economics Aide (NYT 6-12-08)
-
Stung
by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again (WSJ 6-13-08)
-
Obama
Plans Spending Boost, Possible Cut in Business Tax (NYT 6-17-08)
-
Shadows
Grow Across One of Africa's Bright Lights (NYT 6-19-08)
-
The
Struggles of Detroit Ensnare its Workers (NYT 7-3-08)
-
AP
IMPACT: An American Life Worth Less Today (NYT 7-10-08)
-
Export
Boom Fuels Factory Town's Revival (WSJ 7-18-08)
-
Record
Deficit of $482 Billion Forecast (NYT 7-29-08)
-
$70
Million Effort Seeks New Safety Net for Workers (NYT 7-31-08)
-
In
China, Low-End Industries Give Way to High-Tech (NYT 8-1-08)
-
All
Aboard: Too Many for Amtrak (WSJ 8-8-08)
-
GM
to Invest $500 Million to Build Chevy Cruze (WSJ 8-21-08)
-
Auto
Industry Skid Imperils Parts Maker (WSJ 8-29-08)
-
AMD's
New Investors Make Big Bet on Chip Plants (NYT 10-8-08)
-
The
Real Mandate Is to Bridge the Wealth Gap (NYT 11-9-08)
-
Jobless
Claims Surge (WSJ 11-20-08)
-
New
Fears Arise in Michigan, Where the Hard Times Started Years Ago (NYT
11-23-08)
-
Dying
of Consumption (NYT 11-28-08)
-
When
the Downturn Sailed Into Savannah (NYT 11-30-08)
-
North
Dakota Asks, What Recession? (NYT 12-6-08)
-
US
Deficit Would Top $1 Trillion with New Method (NYT 12-15-08)
-
After
30 Years, Economic Perils on China's Path (NYT 12-19-08)
-
Motor
City Woes Extend Beyond Auto Industry (NYT 12-21-08)
-
In
Washed-Up Economy, Governor Defends Plan for Anglers' Paradise (AJC
1-5-09)
-
Hard-Hit
Families Finally Start Saving, Aggravating Nation's Economic Woes (WSJ
1-6-09)
-
Economy
in Worst Fall Since '82 (WSJ 2-28-08)
-
Conspicuous
Consumption, a Casualty of Recession (NYT 3-10-09)
-
Local
Economies Seek Own Revival (WSJ 3-11-09)
-
Cities
Deal With a Surge in Shanty Towns (NYT 3-26-09)
-
Redifining
Capitalism After the Fall (NYT 4-19-09)
E-Commerce, Internet and Insurance/Cyber-Risk
E-volutionizing
Retirement Planning (BR 1-07)
Attack
of the Zombie Computers is Growing Threat (NYT 1-7-07)
A
Lively Market, Legal and Not, for Software Bugs (NYT 1-30-07)
Study
Finds Web Antifraud Measure Ineffective (NYT 2-5-07)
AOL
Founder Hopes to Build New Giant Among a Bevy of Health Care Websites(NYT
4-16-07)
Auto
Insurers See Pickup In Policy Sales Over Web (WSJ 5-23-07)
PC
Insurers Ramp Up Internet Use, Survey Says (NUPC 1-14-08)
To
Beat Competition Chase Internet Users, Says Study (NUPC 1-28-08)
Internet
Attacks Grow More Potent and Complex (NYT 11-10-08)
Thieves
Winning Online War, Maybe in Your PC (NYT 12-6-08)
Panel
Presses to Bolster Security in Cyberspace (NYT 12-9-08)
Electricity
Grid in US Penetrated by Spies (WSJ 4-8-09)
Education
As
College Grows, a City is Asking, 'Who Will Pay?' (NYT 1-19-07)
Troubles
Grow for a University Built on Profits (NYT 2-11-07)
Believing
Scripture buy Playing by Science's Rules (NYT 2-12-07)
To
Boost Numbers, Colleges Adopt New Tricks (NYT 3-2-07)
Students
May Have Paid Cash to Change Grades, College Says (NYT 5-5-07)
Private
Loans Deepen a Crisis in Student Debt (NYT 6-10-07)
Certain
Degrees Now Cost More at Public Universities (NYT 7-29-07)
College
Costs Rising Rapidly (NYT 10-22-07)
Decline
of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns (NYT 11-20-07)
A
Threat So Big, Academics Try Collaboration (NYT 12-25-07)
Analysis:
Universities Overproduce Ph.Ds (NYT 1-20-08)
Investigation
of Study Program Widens (NYT 1-21-08)
Endowments
Widen a Higher Education Gap (NYT 2-4-08)
Universities
Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad (NYT 2-10-08)
At
Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web (NYT 2-12-08)
Dorm
Rooms are Revoked Over Grades (NYT 2-13-08)
Dumb
and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge (NYT 2-14-08)
Columbia
Cites Plagiarism by a Professor (NYT 2-21-08)
Math
Suggests College Frenzy Will Soon Ease (NYT 3-9-08)
Funding
of Georgia State E&S Chair Almost Complete (NUPC 3-17-08)
A
Failing Grade (NYT 3-23-08)
Quirky
Gifts Can Limit Universities (NYT 4-13-08)
Diploma
Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud (NYT 6-29-08)
The
'60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire (NYT 7-3-08)
As
Textbooks Go 'Custom,' Students Pay (WSJ 7-10-08)
B-Schools
Tackle Risk Management (BW 7-10-08)
High
Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom (NYT 7-11-08)
As
a Professor, Obama Enthralled Students and Puzzled Faculty (NYT 7-30-08)
Beyond
the Ivied Halls, Endowments Suffer (NYT 11-26-08)
The
Last Professor (NYT 1-16-09)
Is
It Time to Retrain B-Schools? (NYT 3-15-09)
Employee Benefits
Use
of Captives for Benefit Funding to Surge: Survey (BI 2-2-04)
The
New Cost of Keeping Workers Happy (NYT 3-7-04)
Banks
Poised to Take Bigger Bite Out of Employee Benefits Business (NULH
3-8-04)
Same-Sex
'Marriage' Likely to Prove Costly (Washington Times 5-18-04)
Miner's
Benefits Vanish with Bankruptcy Ruling (NYT 10-24-04)
Ten
Ways Employers Benefit from Benefits Plans (WSJ 1-24-05)
The
Fight Brewing Over Family Leave (BW 6-13-05)
GM
Board Wants Cut in Benefits (NYT 6-15-05)
Should
You Buy 'Voluntary' Benefits (WSJ 8-14-05)
America's
Dilemma (FT 1-13-06)
Unions
Pay Dearly for Success (NYT 1-29-06)
Benefits
Go the Way of Pensions (NYT 2-9-06)
Two
Tiers, Slipping Into One (NYT 2-26-06)
The
Benefits and the Doubts (WP 4-7-06)
How
Will the US Fill Its Benefits Gap? (WSJ 4-13-06)
Military
Fails Some Widows Over Benefits (NYT 6-27-06)
Firms
Consider End to Employee Health Insurance (WSJ 8-15-06)
Citing
Cost Concerns, More Workers Leave Firms' Health Plans (WSJ 8-25-06)
It's
Fall. Do You Know Where Your Benefits Are? (NYT 10-29-06)
The
Shifting Calculus of Workplace Benefits (WSJ 1-16-07)
Boomers
Feel the Squeeze (NULH 1-25-07)
Picking
the Perks That Employees Value (WSJ 4-9-07)
Death
Benefit is Elusive for Emergency Workers' Families (NYT 8-8-07)
LIMRA
Sees Surge in Voluntary Benefits (NULH 8-7-07)
GM-UAW
Health Care Deal May Spark Trend (NYT 10-15-07)
Firms
Increasingly Offer 'Voluntary' Benefits (WSJ 10-17-07)
Opting
for Private Insurance (WSJ 11-21-07)
Large
Firms Watch for Signal to Drop Coverage (NULH 12-5-07)
Employers
Offer Workers Fewer Health Care Plans (NYT 11-15-08)
Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise
RM on the Rise (NUPC 7-9-01)
Risk
Hedging Tools Becoming Popular (BI 2-18-02)
CFO
Interest in Strategic Risk Programs Growing: Poll (BI 2-19-02)
Combating
Risk (Business Finance 4-02)
Controlling
Market, Credit Risks Aids Operations (BI 7-29-02)
Enterprise
Risk Management Grows in Popularity (BI 10-7-02)
How
Vulnerable Are You? (WSJ 9-29-03)
A.M.
Best Comments on Enterprise Risk Management and Capital Models (BestWire
2-6-06)
Europe
Leads North America on Enterprise Risk Management, Claims Survey (BestWire
10-31-08)
ERM
Implementation Still Lagging, Towers Perrin Finds (NUPC 10-31-08)
RIMS
Study Finds ERM Boosts Insurance Performance (NUPC 11-21-08)
ERM
Shielded Some From Financial Errors, Says RIMS (NUPC 1-27-09)
Entertainment/Event/Art Insurance
Underwriting
Hollywood (Best's Review 5-21-01)
Shows
Must Go On, but E&O Rates Rise As Lawsuits Grow (BI 5-21-01)
Risk
Managers Scramble to Obtain Liability Insurance for Olympics (NYT 2-8-02)
Deal
Ends Legal Action Over Film Flops (FT 10-21-03)
Will
CBS Go Bare on Jackson Exposure? (NUPC 2-16-04)
IOC
Buys Insurance for the Athens Games (AP 4-28-04)
Unique
Risks Mark Cycling's Biggest Event (BI 7-19-04)
A
Stash of Stolen Art (WSJ 8-24-04)
Coverage
for Reality TV Shows Difficult to Place, Expensive (BI 8-30-04)
Turin,
Home of 2006 Winter Olympics, Presents Unique Risks (BestWire 2-6-06)
Art
Prices Are Rising, and So Are the Risks (NYT 12-31-06)
Wynn
Vs. Insurers Over Punctured Picasso (WP 1-12-07)
Managing
Risks at Upcoming Super Bowl Includes Controlling Alcohol Consumption
(BestWire 2-1-07)
New
Cover Could Give Ticket Buyers Another Reason to Celebrate (BestWire
2-1-07)
Markel
Launches New Web Site for Recreation Risks (NUPC 3-1-07)
Before
the Film Rolls, Insurers Scrutinize Actors They Insure (BestWire 3-19-07)
Mascot
Attacks: Injured Fan Cries Flagrant Foul (BI 3-19-07)
Lights!
Camera! Risk! Insuring Movies is Risky Business (USA Today 2-23-08)
Environment/Pollution Risk & Insurance
As
Threat of Old Mines Grows, A Legislative Fix Isn't Working (WSJ 6-4-03)
Windmills
Sow Dissent for Environmentalists (NYT 6-5-03)
Fewer
Marshes + More Man-Made Ponds = Increased Wetlands (NYT 3-31-06)
Overfarming
African Land is Worsening Hunger Crisis (NYT 3-31-06)
Enviromental
Cover Transfers to New Owners: Court (BI 12-21-06)
Ethics
On
Wall Street, a Rise in Dismissals Over Ethics (NYT 3-29-05)
Financial Market Crisis
Long-Term
Capital: It's a Short-Term Memory (NYT 9-7-08)
As
Crisis Grew, One Option Remained (NYT 9-7-08)
Lehman
Races to Find a Buyer (WSJ 9-12-08)
A
Financial Drama With No Final Act in Sight (NYT 9-14-08)
In
Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter (NYT 9-15-08)
Purchase
of Merrill Fulfills Quest for a Bank (NYT 9-15-08)
Wall
St.'s Turmoil Sends Stocks Reeling (NYT 9-16-08)
5
Days of Pressure, Fear and Ultimately, Failure (NYT 9-16-08)
Morgan
Stanley Considers Merger With Wachovia (NYT 9-18-08)
A
Dark Mood Among Hedge Funds in London (NYT 9-18-08)
US
Drafts Sweeping Plan to Fight Crisis (NYT 9-19-08)
Congressional
Leaders Stunned by Warnings (NYT 9-20-08)
Treasury
to Guarantee Money Market Funds (NYT 9-20-08)
$700
Billion is Sought for Wall Street in Massive Bailout (NYT 9-21-08)
But
Will it Work? (NYT 9-21-08)
The
Wall Street Bailout Plan, Explained (NYT 9-21-08)
China's
Top Banks Primed to Weather Storm (NYT 9-22-08)
Treasury
May Buy Assets from Insurers (NULH 9-22-08)
Cox:
SEC Probing Insurers' Role in Subprime Loan Crisis (NUPC 9-23-08)
Battle
to Save Rescue Plan Intensifies As Democrats Consider Restrictions(WSJ
9-24-08)
Rescue
Plan Calls for Deeper Regulation (WSJ 9-24-08)
Plan's
Mystery: What's All This Stuff Worth? (NYT 9-25-08)
White
House Meeting Ends With Bailout Still in Flux (WSJ 9-25-08)
Agreement
Remains Elusive on Bailout (NYT 9-26-08)
Some
Bailout Critics Proposing Other Ways to Go (NYT 9-26-08)
Congress
Pushes to End Impasse on Bailout (NYT 9-27-08)
Consensus
on Wall Street Rescue Plan is Said to Be Near (NYT 9-28-08)
Party
Leaders Back Revised Plan for Bailout (NYT 9-29-08)
After
the Deal, the Focus will Shift to Regulation (NYT 9-29-08)
House
Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks Plunge (NYT 9-30-08)
European
Regulators Move Swiftly to Rescue Lenders (NYT 9-30-08)
Citigroup
to Acquire Wachovia Assets (WSJ 9-29-08)
CFOs
Say Bank Risk Management Caused Fiscal Crisis (NUPC 9-30-08)
Lawmakers
Hope Small Changes will Spur Bailout (NYT 10-1-08)
FDIC
to Insurer Greater Amounts (NYT 10-1-08)
Money
Funds Seek Insurance (WSJ 10-2-08)
Agency's
'04 Rule Let Banks Pile Up New Debt (NYT 10-3-08)
Short
Selling Can Pay Off (NYT 10-3-08)
House
Approves Bailout on Second Try (NYT 10-4-08)
European
Banks Look to Pick Up America's Pieces (NYT 10-4-08)
Bush
Signs Bailout After House Passage (WSJ 10-4-08)
How
Free Should a Market Be? (NYT 10-5-08)
European
Leaders Vow to Fight Financial Crisis (NYT 10-5-08)
Pressured
to Take More Risk, Fannie Reached Tipping Point (NYT 10-5-08)
Credit
Markets Still Tight as Stocks Plunge (NYT 10-6-08)
Fed
Looks to Ease Strains in Commercial-Paper Market (WSJ 10-5-08)
Economists
Expect US Crisis to Deepen (WSJ 10-9-08)
US
to Buy Stakes in Banks to Help Free Credit (NYT 10-11-08)
Sellers
of Lehman's Default Swaps Face Payout (NYT 10-11-08)
White
House Overhauling Rescue Plan (NYT 10-12-08)
What
History Tells Us About the Market (WSJ 10-11-08)
US
to Take Equity Stakes in 9 Banking Behemoths (WSJ 10-14-08)
Stocks
Plunge on Economic Gloom (NYT 10-16-08)
Deposits
Flow to Healthier Banks (NYT 10-16-08)
On
Wall Street, Eyes Turn to the Fear Index (NYT 10-20-08)
Joint
US-New York Inquiry Into Credit-Default Swaps (NYT 10-20-08)
Meltdown
101: What Are Credit Default Swaps? (NYT 10-20-08)
Citi
Pacific Loses on Derivatives Bets (WSJ 10-20-08)
Signs
of Easing Credit and Stimulus Talk Lift Wall Street (NYT 10-21-08)
Credit
Rating Agency Heads Grilled by Lawmakers (NYT 10-23-08)
Credit
Card Losses May Scale New Peak (NYT 10-22-08)
Tracking
Firm Says Bets Placed on Lehman Have Been Quietly Settled (NYT 10-23-08)
Corporate
Bonds Stress Adds to Companies' Worries (NYT 10-23-08)
Greenspan
Concedes Error on Regulation (NYT 10-24-08)
They're
Shocked, Schocked, About the Mess (NYT 10-26-08)
Treasury
Begins to Deploy Financial Rescue Plan (NYT 10-27-08)
Fraud
Trial to Focus on Accounting at Helig-Meyers (NYT 10-28-08)
Government
Said to Be Discussing Plan to Aid Homeowners (NYT 10-30-08)
Securities-Lending
Sector Feels Credit-Crisis Squeeze (WSJ 10-30-08)
Gold
Fails to Shine Despite Global Economic Crisis (NYT 11-3-08)
Surprises
in a Closer Look at Credit-Default Swaps (NYT 11-5-08)
IBM
Has Tech Answers for Woes of Economy (NYT 11-6-08)
Obama
Says Speedy Action Needed for Economy (NYT 11-6-08)
How
the Thundering Herd Faltered and Fell (NYT 11-9-08)
China
Unviles Sweeping Plans for the Economy (NYT 11-10-08)
Paulson
Says Treasury is Shifting Focus of Bailout (NYT 11-13-08)
Panel
Moves on Oversight of Swaps (NYT 11-14-08)
Crisis
Hits Tech Sector With Layoffs as Sales Slump (NYT 11-15-08)
FDIC
Offers Plan to Stem Foreclosures (NYT 11-15-08)
GM
Blitzes Washington in Attempt to Win Aid (WSJ 11-15-08)
Citigroup
Plans to Sell Assets and Cut More Jobs (NYT 11-18-08)
Deregulator
Looks Back, Unswayed (NYT 11-17-08)
Let
Detroit Go Bankrupt (NYT 11-19-08)
Why
GM Deserves Support (WSJ 11-19-08)
Dow
Drops Below 8,000 in Another Stock Sell-Off (NYT 11-20-08)
Hopes
Dim for Quick Bailout for Automakers (NYT 11-20-08)
Regulating
Swap Transactions Blamed for Meltdown (WP 11-20-08)
Congressional
Leaders Vow Support for Carmakers (NYT 11-22-08)
Citigroup
Pays for a Rush to Risk (NYT 11-23-08)
Citigroup
to Halt Dividend and Curb Pay (NYT 11-24-08)
Meltdown
101: Ideas for the Next Stimulus Plan (NYT 11-24-08)
Obama
Unveils Team to Tackle 'Historic' Crisis (NYT 11-25-08)
Another
Crisis, Another Guarantee (NYT 11-25-08)
US
Unveils New Programs to Ease Credit (NYT 11-26-08)
Mortgage
Rates Fall as US Expands Rescue (WSJ 11-26-08)
Data
Indicate Faltering Demand (WSJ 11-26-08)
Meltdown
Far From Over, New Mortgage Crisis Looms (NYT 11-27-08)
Obama
Works on Economic Plan (WSJ 11-27-08)
Bursting
the Bubble (NYT 11-30-08)
They
Warned Us, but US Eased Loan Rules (NYT 12-1-08)
Banks
Lead the Way Back (WSJ 12-2-08)
Economic
Signs Point to Longer, Deeper Recession (WP 12-2-08)
Debt
Watchdogs: Tamed or Caught Napping (NYT 12-7-08)
Obama
Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale (NYT 12-7-08)
Capital
Insurance (NYT 12-14-08)
The
Key Numbers Behind the Bailouts (NYT 12-13-08)
Fed
Cuts Rates to Historic Low (WSJ 12-16-08)
Obama
Team Is Seeking Simulus Bill by New Year (NYT 12-19-08)
White
House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire (NYT 12-21-08)
Insurance
Deals Spread Pain of US Defaults World-Wide (WSJ 12-23-08)
Chinese
Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble (NYT 12-26-08)
Slump
Batters Small Business, Threatening Owners' Dreams (WSJ 12-26-08)
By
Saying Yes, WaMu Built Empire on Shaky Loans (NYT 12-28-08)
After
Dow's Collapse, Guarded Hope (WSJ 1-1-09)
Some
Economists Find Reasons to Be Optimistic (NYT 1-3-09)
Some
Doomsayers Who Got It Right (WSJ 1-2-09)
How
Do We Fix the Financial Mess? (NYT 1-7-09)
Obama
Presses for Action on the Economy (NYT 1-9-09)
Citigroup
Said to Consider Plan to Split in Two (NYT 1-14-09)
Congress
Moves on Stimulus Bill and Bailout Money (NYT 1-16-09)
Credit
Markets Showing Some Signs of Revival (NYT 1-16-09)
Bank
of America Posts Loss as It Gets New US Aid (NYT 1-17-09)
TARP
Funds' Second Half Set for Release as Senate Signs Off on Request (WSJ
1-16-09)
Bailout
Is a Windfall to Banks, if Not to Borrowers (NYT 1-18-09)
Obama
Urged to Move Swiftly to Rescue Banks (NYT 1-18-09)
Financial
Sector Ignored RM Warnings, RIMS Says (NUPC 1-23-09)
Time
to Unravel the Knot of Credit-Default Swaps (NYT 1-25-09)
FDR's
Example Offers Lessons for Obama (NYT 1-27-09)
Animal
Spirits Depend on Trust (WSJ 1-27-09)
Global
Worries over US Stimulus Spending (NYT 1-30-09)
Components
of Stimulus Vary in Speed and Efficiency (NYT 1-29-09)
Praise,
and Caveats, for 'Bad Bank' Plan (WSJ 1-29-09)
Big
Risks for US in Trying to Value Bad Bank Assets (NYT 2-2-09)
What
Other Financial Crises Tell Us (NYT 2-3-09)
My
Economic Wish List (NYT 2-4-09)
Comparison
of Economic Stimulus Plans (NYT 2-9-09)
Stocks
Slide as New Bailout Disappoints (NYT 2-11-09)
Treasury
Chief Aims to Restore 'Lost Faith' in Bailout (NYT 2-11-09)
Congress
Reaches Deal on Stimulus Plan (NYT 2-12-09)
US
Offers $2 Trillion Bank Plan (NYT 2-11-09)
Detials
of a Trimmer Stimulus Emerge (NYT 2-13-09)
Obama
Unveils $75 Billion Plan to Fight Home Foreclosures (NYT 2-19-09)
Fed
Offers Bleak Economic Outlook (NYT 2-19-09)
Modifying
Mortgages Can Be Tricky (NYT 2-19-09)
Obama
Planning to Slash Deficit, Despite Stimulus Spending (NYT 2-22-08)
When
Consumers Cut Back: A Lesson from Japan (NYT 2-22-08)
The
Government and the Banks (NYT 2-22-08)
Nationalize
the Banks (WSJ 2-21-08)
Obama
Plans Major Shifts in Spending (NYT 2-27-08)
Subprime
Europe (NYT 3-8-09)
They
Tried to Outsmart Wall Street (NYT 3-10-09)
Treasury
Plans Small Business Aid (WSJ 3-10-09)
The
Inner Circle of Systemic Risk (WSJ 3-10-09)
House
Passes Heavy Tax on Bonuses at Rescued Firms (NYT 3-20-09)
Will
the Geithner Plan Work? (NYT 3-24-09)
US
Expands Plan to Buy Banks' Troubled Assets (NYT 3-24-09)
Louisiana,
a Test Case in Federal Aid (NYT 4-5-09)
Why
Creditors Should Suffer Too (NYT 4-5-09)
US
Imagines the Bailout as an Investment Tool (NYT 4-5-09)
Signs
Point to Stabilizing Economy (NYT 4-9-09)
Lending
Down Among TARP Banks (WSJ 4-15-09)
Financial Accounting, Analysis & Regulation
Paulson
to Review Regulatory System for Finances (NYT 6-27-07)
Regulators
Near Deal on Basel II Reforms (WSJ 7-20-07)
GNAIE
Backs FASB International Contracts Standards Project (NULH 8-8-07)
Insurers
Mull FASB Insurance Contracts Project (NUPC 8-9-07)
Mind
the GAAP (WSJ 11-9-07)
Financials'
Monoline Write-Downs May Top $70B in '08 (NYT 1-30-08)
Rep.
Kanjorski: Bond Insurers Need Tough Oversight (NUPC 2-7-08)
Next
Up for Raters: SEC Rules? (WSJ 2-9-08)
UK's
Northern Rock Move Highlights Risk to Taxpayers (WSJ 2-19-08)
Regulators
Have Choices to Make on Bond Insurance Solutions (BestWire 2-19-08)
A
Simple Bond Insurance Plan (WSJ 2-21-08)
FDIC
to Add Staff as Bank Failures Loom (WSJ 2-26-08)
Fed
Faces Scrutiny on Oversight (WSJ 2-29-08)
Write-Offs
Rattle Market (WSJ 3-3-08)
Mortgage
Fallout Exposes Holes in New Bank-Risk Rules (WSJ 3-4-08)
Fed
Admits Missteps on Banks (NYT 3-5-08)
Countrywide
Said to Be Subject of Federal Criminal Inquiry (NYT 3-9-08)
Stronger
Rules for Mortgages are Proposed (NYT 3-13-08)
Brainstorming
About 'Bailouts' (WSJ 3-13-08)
Run
on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by US (NYT 3-15-08)
Fed
Races to Rescue Bear Stearns in Bid to Steady Financial System (WSJ
3-15-08)
Fed
Acts to Rescue Financial Markets (NYT 3-17-08)
JP
Morgan Buys Bear in Fire Sale, As Fed Widens Credit to Avert Crisis
(WSJ 3-17-08)
Bush
Backs Fed's Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault (NYT 3-18-08)
When
a Safety Net Can Lead to Risky Behavior (NYT 3-18-08)
Panel
Chairman Calls for a Risk Regulator (NYT 3-20-08)
In
the Fed's Cross Hairs: Exotic Game (NYT 3-23-08)
In
Washington, a Split Over Regulation of Wall Street (NYT 3-23-08)
Time
to Combine Agencies (WSJ 3-27-08)
Sweeping
Changes in Paulson Plan (WSJ 3-29-08)
In
Treasury Plan, a Reluctant Eye Over Wall Street (NYT 3-30-08)
Financial
Overhaul at a Glance (NYT 3-31-08)
Proposed
Revamp Taps Fed As Uber Cop (NYT 3-31-08)
Doubts
Greet Treasury Plan Regulation (NYT 4-1-08)
Fed
Officials Defend Rescue of Bear Stearns (NYT 4-3-08)
Regulators
Defend Bear Rescue (WSJ 4-3-08)
US
Seeks New Curbs on Credit-Card Practices (NYT 5-3-08)
The
Case for a Newer Deal (NYT 5-4-08)
Spending
on Regulation, Compliance Set to Surge (WSJ 5-14-08)
Agency
Sounds an Alarm on Banks' Shaky Outlooks (NYT 5-30-08)
New
York Fed Chief Calls for Regulatory Shake-Up (NYT 6-10-08)
Administration:
Fed Needs More Protective Powers (NYT 6-19-08)
Bernanke,
Paulson Push for New Regulatory Powers (WSJ 7-10-08)
Fed
Adopts Plan to Curb Shady Mortgage Practices (NUPC 7-14-08)
Honor
Your Word, or This Banker May Call Mom (NYT 7-19-08)
House
Passes Housing Bill After Bush Says He Will Sign It (NYT 7-24-08)
Banks
Aren't the Only Insured Financial Institutions (USA Today 7-24-08)
Lessons
of Financial Crisis (WSJ 8-22-08)
Bernanke
Urges Broader Oversight of Financial Firms (NYT 8-23-08)
FDIC
Faces Balancing Act in Replenishing Coffers (WSJ 8-21-08)
How
the Fed Can Fix the World (NYT 9-3-08)
Frank
Forsees Sweeping Regulatory Overhaul (WSJ 12-4-08)
US
Rachets Up Citi Oversight (WSJ 12-17-08)
Bermuda
Survey Finds Governance Lacking in Insurer Modeling (NUPC 12-17-08)
Going
on Offense With Mark-to-Market (WSJ 12-19-08)
Regulators
Back System to Clear Credit Swaps (WSJ 12-24-08)
How
to Fix Finance (Economist 1-15-09)
SEC
Nominee Offers Plan for Tighter Regulation (NYT 1-16-09)
By
Switching Their Charters, Banks Skirt Supervision (WP 1-22-09)
Congressional
Leaders Propose New Financial Reins (NYT 1-30-09)
Volcker
Suggests Ways to Refine Bank Regulations (NYT 2-5-09)
Regulators
Seek to Quell Fears About Viability of Banks (WSJ 2-23-08)
SEC
Chief Pursues Tougher Enforcement (NYT 2-23-08)
Government
Offers Detail of Bank Stress Test (NYT 2-26-08)
Bernanke
Says Financial Rules Need an Overhaul (NYT 3-11-09)
Patchwork
System Oversees Nation's Financial Markets (NYT 3-10-09)
Senators
Debate Fed's Role in Overseeing Systemic Risk (WSJ 3-19-09)
Bernanke,
Geithner Call for Broader Government Power (WSJ 3-24-09)
Questions
for Reform (NYT 3-29-09)
Accounting
Group Eases Valuation Rules (NULH 4-2-09)
Bailouts
Could Be Used to Remake Rating Business, SEC Panelist Says (BestWire
4-15-09)
Financial Convergence: General
Banks
Give Wall Street A Run for Its Money (WSJ 1-5-04)
The
Myth of the Mega-Bank (FT 1-6-04)
Big
Bank Deal Expands the Gap Between Leaders and Pack (NYT 1-15-04)
Unusual
Suspects: Expansion into Life Insurance Marketplace (BR 5-04)
Outside
Audit: Guess Why GM Is More Bank Than Car Maker? (WSJ 5-5-04)
Principal,
Nationwide Up Cross-Sales (AB 6-10-04)
US
Bank Regulators Issue Plan for Cross-Marketing Rules (DJ 7-2-04)
Financial
Services Integration Said to Be Sluggish Under GLB (AB 7-14-04)
Federal
Regulators Propose Affiliate Marketing Rules (NULH 8-2-04)
Personal
Lines a Key to Broadened Cross-Selling (AB 9-9-04)
Trade
Groups, Firms Push to Ease Tough Federal Scrutiny (WP 1-3-05)
Shareholders
Follow Regulators in Pressing for Reforms (NLJ 12-20-04)
Wal-Mart:
Your New Banker? (BW 2-7-05)
American
Express Plans to Spin Off Advisory Unit (WSJ 2-2-05)
Big
Financial Companies Might Look to Exit Insurance (DJ 2-15-05)
Washington
Mutual to Buy Providian in $6.45 Billion Deal (DJ 6-6-05)
Morgan
Stanley To Do List: Get Boss Strategy (WSJ 6-14-05)
Emerging
Colussus: Bank of America Makes Deal for MBNA (WSJ 7-1-05)
Wal-Mart's
Bank Push Draws Growing Opposition (WSJ 1-19-07)
Citigroup
to Buy Egg Banking From Prudential for $1.13 Billion (WSJ 1-29-07)
Wal-Mart
Drops Big to Get Into Banking (WP 3-17-07)
House
Panel Passes Bill to Ban Commercial Ownership of Banks (WSJ 5-2-07)
Banks'
Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? (US Banker 6-07)
Nationwide
Financial Eyes Middle Market (BestWire 10-23-07)
Fixing
Citigroup Will Test Rubin (NYT 11-5-07)
Citigroup
May Face $11 Billion Writeoff (NYT 11-5-07)
Meltdown
101: The Fate of 'Financial Supermarkets' (NYT 1-14-09)
The
End of Citi's Financial Supermarket (NYT 1-16-09)
Financial Guaranty/Credit Enhancement Insurance
Lawsuit
Reveals Differences Between Players in Financial Guaranty Market (NUPC
8-26-02)
Backing
Corporate Bonds Can Be a Risky Business (WSJ 11-5-02)
Credit
Enhancement Market Shrinking (BI 1-13-03)
Wall
St. Firms Want Insurers to Cover Fines (NYT 1-18-03)
Lingering
Losses on Bonds are Haunting Insurers (NYT 6-15-03)
Wall
Street's Hope for Coverage on Penalites Is Clouded by Ruling (WSJ 7-18-03)
GE
Nears Sale of Guaranty Arm to Consortium for $2.16 Billion (WSJ 8-4-03)
To
Insurers, a Long, Free Ride is Looking Risky (NYT 8-9-03)
The
Vanishing Insurers (Barron's 12-8-03)
Iraqi
Imports Get Citigroup Backing (WSJ 2-17-04)
Credit
Insurance's Popularity on the Rise (AB 9-04)
For
Bondsmen, Bail is a Game of Risk (NYT 2-27-05)
Subcontractor
Default Insurance Makes Inroads in Surety Industry (BestWire 9-8-06)
SBA
Proposes Rule Change for Surety Bond Program (NUPC 10-11-06)
Out
of 'Microfinance' Work Springs Insuring Loans for Impoverished (WSJ
10-15-06)
Mortgage
Insurance Booms (WSJ 4-21-07)
Bond
Insurers' Stocks Hit by Uncertainty (NYT 7-19-07)
Bond
Insurers Appear Shaky as Credit Climate Worsens (WSJ 11-8-07)
Defaults
May Spark Big Loss for Insurers: Barclays (NYT 11-16-07)
MBIA
Gets $1 Billion Capital Infusion (BestWire 12-10-07)
Ratings
Move Roils Bond Insurers (WSJ 12-19-07)
Bond
Insurer's Stock Plunges on Exposure (NYT 12-20-07)
Buffett
Starts Up Bond Insurer to Rival MBIA, Ambac (NYT 12-28-07)
Default
Fears Unnerve Markets (WSJ 1-18-08)
Bond
Insurers' Distress Rattles Wall Street (NYT 1-19-08)
Bond
Insurer is Downgraded (WSJ 1-21-08)
Next
on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds (NYT 1-24-08)
Bond
Insurer Rescue Effort Faces Wall Street Skepticism (WSJ 1-25-08)
Illegal
Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in US (NYT 1-29-08)
Stocks
Rally as Concern Over Bond Insurer Eases (NYT 1-31-08)
8
Banks in Talks to Rescue Bond Insurer (NYT 2-1-08)
Former
Spitzer Aide Drives Bond-Insurer Rescue Talks (WSJ 2-6-08)
Buffett
Offers to be Reinsurer on Muni Bonds (WSJ 2-12-08)
House
Panel Looks at Relief for Bond Insurers (NYT 2-14-08)
Bond
Insurer Seeks to Split Itself, Roiling Some Banks (WSJ 2-16-08)
Arcane
Market is Next to Face Big Credit Test (NYT 2-17-08)
Ambac
Plan Disappoints Investors (NYT 3-5-08)
Dinallo
Tells Congress of New Rules for Bond Insurers (NUPC 3-12-08)
Bond
Insurer SCA Says Merrill Lynch Broke Agreement in Swap Contract (BestWire
3-20-08)
Bond
Insurer Says Its Risk Exceeded Legal Limits (NYT 3-27-08)
Dinallo
Sets FGIC 30-Day Target (FT 4-4-08)
Ambac
May Need Capital: NY Regulator (NYT 4-23-08)
Bond
Insurers Inflict Further Pain on the Market (WSJ 6-21-08)
Mortgage
Insurers' Losses Mount (WP 8-14-08)
House
Panel Approves Federal Oversight of Bond Insurers (BestWire 8-4-08)
Insurers
Pull Cover from GM, Ford Suppliers: Report (NYT 11-14-08)
Credit
Insurers Cautious as Bankruptcy Risk Rises (NYT 1-20-09)
Financial Markets/Financial Services
Banks'
Narrowing Margins (WSJ 1-8-08)
Citigroup,
Merrill Seek More Foreign Capital (WSJ 1-11-08)
Bank
Agrees to Buy Troubled Loan Giant for $4 Billion (NYT 1-11-08)
Behind
Bank of America's Big Gamble (WSJ 1-12-08)
Beijing
Blocks Deal for Citigroup Stake (WSJ 1-14-08)
Citigroup
Loss Raises Anxiety Over Economy (NYT 1-16-08)
World
Rides to Wall Street's Rescue (NYT 1-16-08)
The
World Melts for Gold (WSJ 1-19-08)
Why
Banks' Pain Could Continue (WSJ 1-19-08)
Overseas
Investors Buy Aggressively in US (NYT 1-20-08)
Global
Markets Sink on US Recession Fears (NYT 1-21-08)
Bank
of China May Report Subprime-Related Write-Down (WSJ 1-21-08)
Should
Bankers Pay for Their Mismanagement? (WSJ 1-28-08)
US
Probes 14 Companies in Subprime Investigation (WSJ 1-29-08)
Investors
Rush to Gold (WSJ 1-31-08)
The
Subprime Cleanup Intensifies (WSJ 2-2-08)
Banks
Tighten Lending Standards According to Quarterly Fed Survey (NYT 2-4-08)
New
Hitches in Markets May Widen Credit Woes (NYT 2-11-08)
Lenders
Offer Plan to Head Off Foreclosures (NYT 2-12-08)
Fitch:
Unrealized Subprime Losses for Insurers May Reach $8 Billion (WSJ 2-21-08)
Rescues
for Homeowners in Debt Weighed (Miami Herald 2-22-08)
Foreclosure
Aid Rising Locally, as Is Dissent (NYT 2-26-08)
Next
Year's Model? (Economist 2-28-08)
Facing
Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes (NYT 2-29-08)
States
and Cities Start Rebelling on Bond Ratings (NYT 3-3-08)
Housing,
Bank Troubles Deepen (NYT 3-7-08)
Where
Either a Borrower or a Lender Can Be (WSJ 3-12-08)
A
Wall Street Domino Theory (NYT 3-15-08)
Debt
Reckoning: US Receives a Margin Call (NYT 3-15-08)
Fears
That Bear Stearn's Downfall May Spread (NYT 3-17-08)
JP
Morgan Lifts Dow Industrials, But Elsewhere, Financials Decline (NYT
3-17-08)
The
Week That Shook Wall Street: Inside the Demise of Bear Stearns (NYT
3-18-08)
Debt-Gorged
British Start to Worry the Party is Ending (NYT 3-22-08)
What
Created This Monster? (NYT 3-23-08)
CMBS
Pendlum Swings to 'B-Pieces' (WSJ 4-10-08)
Merrill
Upped Ante as Boom in Mortgage Bonds Fizzled (WSJ 4-16-08)
Citigroup
Posts $5.1 Billion Loss (WSJ 4-19-08)
Triple-A
Failure (NYT 4-27-08)
History
Suggest US Isn't Out of the Woods (WSJ 5-5-08)
Credit-Default
Swaps: Weapons of Mass Speculation (Barrons 5-12-08)
Credit
Strain Flares Again After Relief Since March (WSJ 6-5-08)
A
Window in a Smoky Market (NYT 7-6-08)
The
Fannie and Freddie Fallout (NYT 7-13-08)
Bond
Yields Hint at Corporate Bankruptcies (WSJ 8-19-08)
Insurers
Avoid Getting Soaked in Subprime Storm (WP 8-17-08)
Hedge
Funds Get Rattled As Investors Seek Exits (WSJ 9-6-08)
New
Ways to Guage Value (NYT 9-7-08)
Banks
Mine Data and Woo Troubled Borrowers (NYT 10-22-08)
When
Humans Need a Nudge Toward Rationality (WSJ 2-8-09)
The
Great Solvent North (NYT 2-28-08)
Commercial
Property Faces Crisis (WSJ 3-26-09)
Stock
Pros Who Survived the Depression (WSJ 4-15-09)
Opposing
Views on US Stock Rally (WSJ 4-19-09)
Financial Risk Management
Insurers
Struggling with Risk Measurement and Capital Management (Ernst &
Young 11-12-03)
Financial
WMD?: Derivatives (FT 1-22-04)
Moody's
Liquidity Model Gives More Insurer Funding Detail (AB 1-27-04)
Merger
Party's Newest Invitees: The Insurers (WSJ 6-6-07)
ERM
Still Falling Short, PwC Survey Finds (NUPC 7-1-08)
What
Investors Can Learn From the Collapse of AIG (WSJ 8-7-08)
A.M.
Best Releases BCAR Calculation Tool for P/C Companies (BestWire 8-21-08)
Finite Risk Contracts/Financial Reinsurance
AIG
May Pay Up to $1.5 B in Settlement: Report (NYT 1-13-06)
Ex-AIG,
General Re Executives Indicted (WSJ 2-1-06)
Jury
Convicts Five of Fraud in Gen Re, AIG Case (WSJ 2-26-08)
Fire/Commercial Property Insurance
Looking
for Answers in the Ashes (USNWR 2-16-04)
Insurance
Gaps Arise As Building Cost Surge (WSJ 7-28-04)
Gift
Cameras to Help Rescuers Search Burning Buildings (AJC 8-12-04)
A
Hot Assignment: Set Fire to Cocoa, Concrete and Sludge (WSJ 8-25-04)
Ecoterrorism
Suspected in Md. House Fires (NYT 12-7-04)
Developer
Plans to Rebuild Houses (WP 12-8-04)
Maryland
Indicts 5 in Fire That Swept 26 New Homes (NYT 1-3-05)
Construction
Theft a Growing Concern (WP 2-10-05)
Why
Contractors May Be Hard to Find (NYT 4-3-05)
Fire
Departments Try Fees to Cover Cost (Hartford Courant 5-15-05)
Many
Nursing Homes Run Risk of Catastrophic Fires (USA Today 10-8-05)
Second
Rash of Fires Strikes Churches in Rural Alabama (NYT 2-8-06)
Broker:
Commercial Carriers Gain Confidence in Mold Underwriting (NYT 2-21-06)
After
200 Years, the Fire Patrol's Time May Be Up (NYT 3-24-06)
'Collyers
Mansion' Is Code for Firefighters' Nightmare (NYT 7-5-06)
Lax
Oversight Cited in Refinery Blast (NYT 3-20-07)
Cargo
Underwriter Focus on Warehouse Cat Exposures (BestWire 5-3-07)
Playing
with Fire (NYT 2-17-08)
Pollution
Exclusion Used to Deny Fire Death Claims (BI 12-19-08)
Fraud and Other Crimes
US
Moves to Shut Operations It Accuses of Health-Plan Fraud (NYT 4-17-04)
Blue
Cross Says It's Fighting $50 Billion in Fraud Nationwide (DJ 4-20-04)
Couple
is Accused of Faking a Drowning for Insurance (NYT 5-13-04)
Insurers
Employ Voice-Analysis Software to Help Detect Fraud (WSJ 5-17-04)
FBI,
Insurers Target Fraudulent Surgeries (BI 7-5-04)
3
Accused of $97-Million Rent-a-Patient Scheme (LA Times 7-22-04)
CR
Investigates: Insurance Agent Scams, 2004 (Consumer Reports 8-04)
Fighting
Fraud with Technology (BR 10-04)
Health
Insurers and FBI Say Doctors' Scheme Cost $1 Billion (NYT 3-11-05)
Huge
Billing Fraud is Cited by Health Plans at California Clinics (NYT 3-12-05)
Couple
Faked Death With Stolen Corpse (AP 5-8-05)
Paradise
and Money Lost (NYT 8-14-05)
An
Industry is Based on a Simple Masquerade (NYT 9-11-06)
Antifraud
Law Stirs Industry Concern (NUPC 3-12-07)
Insurance
Fraud Convictions Rise, But Not Everywhere (NUPC 3-19-07)
2
Plead Not Guilty in Homeless Hit-Run (NYT 3-30-07)
Massachusetts
Orders Halt to Bogus Health Insurance Solicitations (NUPC 1-14-08)
A
Car-Fraud Sting With a Long-Arm (NYT 1-18-08)
2
Elderly Women on Trial in Murder Plot (NYT 3-19-08)
Losses
in Madoff Case Spread (WSJ 12-15-08)
Cox:
SEC Handling of Madoff Case 'Deeply Troubling' (WSJ 12-16-08)
Madoff
Ran Vast Options Game (WSJ 12-16-08)
Even
Winners May Lose With Madoff (NYT 12-19-08)
Genetic Testing
A
Brave New Insurance (WSJ 12-20-02)
To
Study Disease, Britain Plans a Genetic Census (NYT 12-31-02)
Growth
of Genetic Tests Concerns Federal Panel (NYT 1-18-08)
Congress
Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes (NYT 5-2-08)
Red
Flags for Hereditary Cancers (NYT 5-28-08)
Health Insurance
Health Plan Proposals 2007-2008
Bush
to Urge New Tax Plan for Health Coverage (NYT 1-21-07)
Gold-Plated
Indifference (NYT 1-22-07)
Clinton
Opens Her Campaign With Health Insurance Plan (NYT 1-22-07)
Bush
Health Plan to Cost $30-$40 Billion a Year (NYT 1-24-07)
Bush's
New Health Insurance Plan Faces Stiff Resistance (BestWire 1-24-07)
State
of the Union: Health Care Fact Sheet (WSJ 1-23-07)
Experts
See Peril in Bush Health Proposal (NYT 1-28-07)
Edwards'
Health Care Plan Includes Taxes (NYT 2-5-07)
Candidates
Outline Ideas for Universal Health Care (NYT 3-25-07)
Way
Off Base (NYT 4-16-07)
Edwards'
Big - and Costly - Proposals (NYT 5-11-07)
Obama
Offers Health Care Plan (NYT 5-29-07)
Democrats
Offer Health Care Plans (NYT 6-25-07)
Health-Care
Plans Aid Industry (WSJ 11-19-07)
Clinton
Details Premium Cap in Health Plan (NYT 3-28-08)
Parties'
Split Most Apparent on Health Care (WSJ 4-19-08)
McCain
Offers Details of His Health Plan (NYT 4-30-08)
Health-Coverage
Plans Could Face Obstacles From Growing Budget Gap (NYT 10-27-08)
Insurers
Group Proposes Universal Health Care (WSJ 12-4-08)
Health
Care Industry in Talks to Shape Policy (NYT 2-20-08)
Health
Insurers, Poised for Round 2 (NYT 2-20-08)
Health
Insurers Offer Concessions in Health-Care Overhaul (WSJ 3-24-09)
College Students/Grads
Consumer Advice
How
to Find Insurance That Fits (NYT 10-6-02)
Do's
and Don'ts to Consider When Choosing a Health Plan (WSJ 11-11-02)
Buying
Private Health Insurance (SMARTMONEY.com 9-30-03)
Is
a Health Savings Account Good for You? (WSJ 1-4-04)
Buying
Individual Insurance Can Prove a Headache (WSJ 9-2-04)
Fill
in the Gap in Health Coverage (WSJ 10-31-04)
Full
Coverage: Insurance Journalist Goes Shopping (WP 10-26-04)
The
November Dilemma: Choosing Your Health Plan Gets More Complex (WSJ
11-9-04)
Steps
Older Consumers Can Take to Get Health Coverage (WSJ 11-16-04)
Choosing
a Health-Insurance Plan (WSJ 12-14-04)
Patient,
Beware (WP 1-16-05)
The
Promise and the Pitfalls of Health Savings Accounts (NYT 8-14-05)
Don't
Let Coverage Lapse (WSJ 11-5-06)
Shopping
for (Health) Insurance (WSJ 1-28-07)
In
Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty (NYT 5-17-07)
Health
Insurance: What You Need to Know (NYT 2-3-09)
Other
Costs
Limited Benefit Policies/Disease
Insurance
Workers
Buy Into Disease Insurance (Newark Star-Ledger 11-6-03)
'Catastrophic'
Health Care Policies Are Catching On (WSJ 10-26-04)
Critical
Care, the Insurance Industry's Latest Push (WSJ 7-14-05)
How
the Policies Work (FT 8-20-05)
Allstate
Adds Critical Illness Policies (NULH 8-28-06)
Insurance
With Limits (WSJ 12-17-06)
Drugs
Epidemics, Disease, Medical Conditions,
Treatments
On
a Remote Path to Cures (NYT 1-1-08)
Do
My Breast Implants Have a Warranty? (NYT 1-17-08)
Despite
Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients (NYT 1-18-08)
Scientists
Are Still Searching in the Dark for the Secrets of Sleep (WSJ 1-18-08)
A
Pandemic That Wasn't but Might Be (NYT 1-22-08)
In
Spinal Device Research, Questions on Financial Conflicts (NYT 1-30-08)
Mutant
Flu Virus Is Found That Resists Popular Drug (NYT 1-31-08)
Mosquito
Nets and a New Drug Make Sharp Inroads Against Malaria (NYT 2-1-08)
A
Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota (NYT 2-5-08)
Drug-Resistant
TB at Record Levels (NYT 2-26-08)
Public
Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines (NYT 3-21-08)
What
if a Flu Like 1918's Broke Out Now? (NYT 3-23-08)
Gap
in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation (NYT 3-23-08)
Bird-Flu
Concerns Resurface (WSJ 6-9-08)
Diabetes:
Underrated, Insidious and Deadly (NYT 7-1-08)
Stem
Cells' New Sugar Daddy (WSJ 8-7-08)
British
Threat Report Says Flu Pandemic Would Have Most Impact (NYT 8-9-08)
Curbing
Antibiotic Use In War on 'Superbugs' (WSJ 9-3-08)
The
War on Dengue Fever (NYT 11-4-08)
Law
on Flu Vaccinations May be Tested (NYT 1-4-09)
Accidental
Injuries Higher in Rural Areas (NYT 1-6-09)
Questions
Linger Over the Value of a Global Illness Surveillance System (NYT
5-2-09)
The
Age of Pandemics (NYT 5-2-09)
Firms, Competition and Regulation
A
Novel Plan Helps Hospital Wean Itself Off Pricey Tests (WSJ 1-12-07)
Lawsuit
Points to MRI Kickbacks (WSJ 1-18-07)
Regulators
Challenge Kentucky Ruling Favoring Religion-Based Health Plan (NYT
2-2-07)
California
Health Insurers to Face New Regs to Curb 'Post-Claims' Underwriting
(BestWire 2-8-07)
Bargaining
Down That CT Scan is Suddenly Possible (NYT 2-27-07)
A
Message to Health Insurers: Ask Before Raising Rates (NYT 3-12-07)
Publicly-Traded
Health Plans Lag in Customer Satisfaction Survey (WSJ 3-20-07)
Study
Shows Growing Number of State-Mandated Health Benefits (BestWire 3-23-07)
Merger
Will Form Massive Health Insurer (NYT 3-29-06)
Some
Hospitals Call 911 to Save Their Patients (NYT 4-2-07)
Health
Insurers Settle Dispute on Pay With 900,000 Doctors (WSJ 4-28-07)
Report
Details Hospitals' Cost for Poor (Post-Dispatch 5-1-07)
Medical
Ills Thwart Insurers in China (WSJ 5-15-07)
Troubled
Los Angeles Hospital Loses Financing (NYT 8-10-07)
Select
Hospitals Reap a Windfall Under Child Bill (NYT 8-12-07)
With
Health Costs Rising, a Tougher Sell for Hospitals (NYT 10-12-07)
Atlanta
Hospital in Grave Condition (NYT 11-26-07)
A
Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis (NYT 1-8-08)
Two
Cities, Two Besieged Hospitals, Two Startling Different Results (NYT
2-10-08)
A
City Where Hospitals Are as Ill as the Patients (NYT 6-5-08)
Concerned
About Costs, Congress Pushes Curbs on Doctor-Owned Hospitals (NYT 6-8-08)
PA
Blues Merger Would Gain 72% Market Share, Economist Testifies (BestWire
7-9-08)
GAO:
Small Group Concentration Worse (NULH 3-24-09)
Managed Care/Quality of Care/Mandated
Benefits
Medicare/Medicaid
Mental Health
Officials
Discuss Insurance for Mental Illness (NYT 4-25-02)
Bush
Calls for Mental Health Coverage (NYT 4-29-02)
Mentally
Ill, and Locked Away in Nursing Homes (NYT 10-6-02)
One
Stressed-Out Industry (WP 10-29-02)
New
York Exports Mentally Ill, Shifting Burden to Other States (NYT 11-17-02)
Panel
Urges Millions for Homes for the Mentally Ill (NYT 11-27-02)
Cruelest
Choice Faces Parents of Mentally Ill (NYT 2-16-03)
Stress
is Up. So Why are Mental Health Benefits Down? (NYT 4-20-03)
Major
Change in Mental Health Care Is Urged (NYT 7-23-03)
Insurer
Seeks Return of Fees for Therapy (NYT 9-27-03)
Issue
of Competition Causes Widest Split Over Medicare (NYT 11-10-03)
Depressed?
New York City Screens for People at Risk (NYT 4-13-05)
FDA
Considers Implant Device for Depression (NYT 5-21-05)
Most
Will be Mentally Ill at Some Point, Study Says (NYT 6-7-05)
A
Doctor's Fight: More Forced Care for the Mentally Ill (WSJ 2-1-06)
Study
Backs Equal Coverage for Mental Ills (NYT 3-30-06)
Trapped
by Rules, The Mentally Ill Languish in Prison (WSJ 5-3-06)
How
Much Mental-Health Care Do Insurers Have to Cover (WSJ 5-22-06)
Battle
Lines in Treating Depression (NYT 9-10-06)
Lawmakers
Push for Better Treatment of Addiction (WP 9-21-06)
Pataki
Signs Bill on Parity in Health Care (NYT 12-23-06)
Long-Term
Therapy Effective in Bipolar Depression (NYT 4-10-07)
Nursing Homes/Custodial Care
U.S.
Issues Data on Nursing Home Quality and Performance (NYT 11-12-02)
Overwhelmed
and Understaffed, Nursing Home Workers Vent Anger (NYT 6-8-03)
IRAs
and Nursing Homes Require Careful Planning (WSJ 7-20-03)
Nursing-Homes
Costs are Climbing (WSJ 8-5-03)
Elderly
Immigrants Embrace Nursing Homes (NYT 10-20-03)
Blacks
Far More Likely to Live in Substandard Nursing Homes (SFC 6-21-04)
The
New Nursing Home, Emphasis on Home (NYT 4-23-05)
Oversight
of Nursing Homes is Criticized (NYT 4-22-07)
Battle
on Home Front (NYT 5-7-07)
Key
to Funding for Eldercare Technologies? Pilots (NYT 7-17-07)
A
Grass-Roots Effort to Grow Old at Home (NYT 8-14-07)
Study
Finds Higher Costs for Caregivers of Elderly (NYT 11-19-07)
Patients Rights
Uninsured and Coverage
History
Insurance
Nation (Boston Globe 3-9-03)
London
Property Broker Maps Out City's Insurance History (BestWire 3-19-07)
Holocaust Claims
Landmark
Insurance Settlement Leaves Many Armenians Unhappy (DJ 2-16-04)
Holocaust
Survivors, Heirs to Receive Token Payments (AP 3-30-04)
After
Scars of Holocaust, Fresh Pain Over Money (NYT 5-8-05)
Deal
Struck on Claims of Nazi Era (NYT 1-31-07)
A
Deadline May Be Extended for Claims in Holocaust Case (NYT 2-12-07)
Judge
Approves Holocaust Settlement (NYT 2-27-07)
Court
Reopens Insurance Dispute in Holocaust Case (NYT 10-2-07)