Recent episodes of BestDay Audio include:
? Friday, Aug. 22: Ben Fidlow, a chief actuary with Integro Insurance Broker?s actuarial and analytics practice, talks about how captive insurers have been impacted by the credit crunch.
? Thursday, Aug. 21: Jill Bookman, chief executive officer of American Collectors Insurance, sits down with Best's Review senior associate editor Lori Chordas to talk about the collector vehicles and collectibles market, the benefits of being a family-owned business, recently expanding its management structure to now include a non-family operations management team, and how the company is using technology to revamp its call centers and increase its average speed of answer for the thousands of calls it receives daily.
? Wednesday, Aug. 20: Mark Bernfeld, a vice president with Towers Perrin, talks about how fronting carriers have broadened their niche areas in an effort to win new captive insurance business.
? Tuesday, Aug. 19: Mike Gold, chief executive officer of People's Trust Homeowners Insurance Co., talks with BestWeek associate editor Chad Hemenway about the frustration he felt with the Florida homeowners market, which drove him to create his own insurance company that uses some different tactics to address the needs of residents in the Sunshine State.
? Monday, Aug. 18: Senior business analyst Carol Demyanovich details this week's results for the A.M. Best Stock Indexes; London editor Marc Jones examines why insurers are already looking at the 2012 Olympics; London editor Bob O'Connor on the international ambitions of U.K. mutual life insurer and pensions provider Royal London Group; Washington bureau manager Ray Lehmann discusses election challenges faced by some members of the House Financial Services Committee.
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