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Agricultural losses in Kenya and<br />
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=10"> People in Insurance Insurance Jobs The U.S. insur</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=11"> Mutual of Omaha CEO Dan Neary to Retire; Company </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=12"> People in Insurance NAIC Names Montana's Lindeen </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=13"> Reaching New “Heights” Aflac recent</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=14"> Risk Innovation Innovation Milestones Mar</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=15"> Personal Accident Steam Boiler </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=16"> Risk Innovation “It's OK to take risks. It's OK </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=17"> From Workplace To Afterlife Capital Insurance Gro</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=18"> Risk Innovation Breaking the Drought-Starvati</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=19"> Mauritania Niger Senegal FAMINE FIG</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=20"> Risk Innovation Insuring in Three Dimensions AIG </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=21"> supervision from threats to health and safety due</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=22"> Risk Innovation age 85 and older—who are most l</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=23"> Going GREEN in Colombia An insurer and a team of </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=24"> Asset Management Municipal Bonding </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=25"> OF THE MARKET IS RATED TRIPLE " OR BELOW4HE YEA</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=28"> Asset Management crisis was effectively zero. A</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=29"> Property/Casualty On Watch A number of emerging p</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=30"> Property/Casualty For carriers, risks such </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=31"> Lack of awareness about the need for coverage </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=32"> Property/Casualty Loss/Risk Management </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=33"> A.M. Best Data Top Audit and Actuarial Firms </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=34"> A.M. Best Data Auditors & Actuaries – Property/C</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=35"> Auditors & Actuaries – Health (USD 000) Health </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=36"> Life Opportunities Await A survey of life insur</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=37"> Digital channels, including social media,are</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=38"> Life Combination Products Are on the Rise Al</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=48"> Agent/Broker The Art Of the Annual Review Sav</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=50"> Agent/Broker “When we do [the annual review] we</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=55"> Regulatory/Law GETTING INVOLV</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=56"> Regulatory/Law That said, some regulatory i</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=58"> Regulatory/Law A </a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=60"> Regulatory/Law The shift in political power fro</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=62"> Reinsurance/Capital Markets DESERT DRAW: The Du</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=64"> Property/Casualty Underwriting </a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=72"> Technology Exhibit 6 Industry Survey – Handheld</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=76"> Agent/Broker New Risks F</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=77"> Large retail breaches of credit card data at</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=78"> Agent/Broker Selling I </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=79"> Agent/Broker Mirror Images Carriers create the r</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=80"> Agent/Broker For these reasons—and the fact </a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=81"> carries risk, a fundamental change will definitel</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=82"> Asset Management The Global Economic and Ca</a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=87"> The Global Symbol of Financial Strength i </a>
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<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=89"> Advertisers Index Don't Miss the Next Opport</a>
<a title="Best's Review - January 2015 Edition page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6292b9a8?page=90"> The Last Word Hanover Insurance is helping cele</a>
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