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Articles in Sept 15, 2004, issue of Risk & Insurance

• Insurers to spend $618 million on security
• Worker loses arms, goes "bionic": advances in prosthetics make life easier for double-amputee
  by Barbara Morris
• Why exchanges crashed: exchanges were tried in every industry and the big players like Ariba and Freemarkets are today trading at a fraction of their value five years ago, But these firms were successful mostly in the trading of commodities and raw materi
  by Howard Green
• Study: 'corporate cholesterol' costs millions
• Save those policies!
  by Ronald Gift Mullins
• Employers will come under pressure over the next several years to keep their existing workforce. Here's why
• Calif. court rejects "hybrid" theory
• Insuring the services of a thoroughbred: should smarty Jones fail to produce an heir, insuring him may be more expensive than his owners planned
  by John McDonald
• Naked exposure: a new play has the medical community abuzz about what it means to face a world without medical malpractice coverage. Nationwide, very few doctors practice without it. But you can bet that "going naked" has crossed the minds of ju
  by Russ Allen
• Vermont kills PBM disclosure proposal
• Australian claims drop in wake of legal reforms: injury claims plummet from more than 20,000 to 8,000 and some lawyers have trouble finding work
  by John McDonald
• Megawatt analyst's Southern glow
  by Paula L. Green
• Aversion to risk breeds linguistic absurdity
  by Roger Crombie
• Hanging up on D&O and E&O
  by Gregory DL Morris
• PacifiCare in deal with Harvard Pilgrim
• Fire grants totalling $55,000 awarded
• For once, a happy ending
  by Peter Rousmaniere
• Industry risk report: telecommunications
• Hurricane model certified once again
• Health savings accounts' buzz
  by Len Strazewski
• Scoring benefits consumers, regulators and taxpayers: credit scores allow underwriters to accurately assess risks, allowing them to charge a fair premium
  by Kevin T. Sullivan
• Reality shows push the limits: which is easier—performing a stunt on a reality TV show or insuring the show? Which would you rather do—eat maggots to win $100,000 or insure a reality TV show?
  by Susan Gurevitz
• Scoring is unfair, unjust and undermines public policy: credit scoring is arbitrary, discriminatory and violates actuarial standards for risk classification
  by Birny Birnbaum
• The Hartford recognized by standards groups
• Editor's page
  by Cyril Tuohy
• A 'Tsunami' heaves toward U.S. shores: Using sand-bags to defend corporations against a tidal wave of rising benefits expenses is unlikely to do much good. More drastic measures are necessary, experts say, and employees look as if they most likely will ha
  by Len Strazewski
• Upcoming events
• Agencies a catalyst for better mgmt. practices
• Vermont captive conference confronts the limits of growth: new education initiative also announced along with special insurance designation for captive profession
  by Jack Roberts
• Enter this market at your own risk: for a long-term care insurance policy form, whose lifetime averages three to five years, the startup sales strategy should target a minimum of $5 million of annual new sales premium, says one long-term care industry exp
  by Dan Cathcart