The New York Times daily Business Section publishes an Interactive Graphic. The Times calls its business Graphic a "Sector Snapshot". This is a regular feature. It occasionally focuses on Insurance, which was the focus of this Interactive Graphic published on Thursday, October 11, 2007. (New York Times Business Section, Nat'l Ed., Page C14, Col. 1.)
Perhaps because Sector Snapshot is an Interactive Graphic, it is very difficult to get a link to it. Try here. That should link to the Online Business Section home page of the New York Times; if the link is successful, go down about 3/4 of the way and there you will find Sector Snapshot. The Times may soon take down the Interactive Graphic about Insurance, and replace it with another Sector Snapshot. (You can try accessing the New York Times web site if you are not successful with the above link, or if you are interested in comparative business rankings in the Insurance sector or other areas: www.newyorktimes.com.)
Notice how most of the Insurance Companies that appear in the two positive boxes, "Leading" and "Improving," concentrate just on Life Insurance. Life Insurance Companies also account for all but two of the larger circles that represent current market capitalization in the Times' Graphic. Two of the larger circles belong to the diversified Insurance Companies, Allstate (located in the "Lagging" quadrant) and The Travelers ("Improving).
One circle stands alone, larger than all the rest. The biggest circle belongs to AIG, the proverbial 500 pound gorilla in the room.
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