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For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on.

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

Cabling Installation & Maintenance is published by Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

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Best’s Special Report: Impairments in US Life/Health Insurance Industry Jump to 10 in 2023

Ten insurance company impairments were identified in the U.S. life/health industry for 2023, following none in 2022, according to a new AM Best report.

The Best’s Special Report, titled, “2023 US Life/Health Impairments Update,” states that during the 2000-2023 study period, 193 life/health insurers became impaired. These impairments consisted of 159 insolvent liquidations, 32 rehabilitations (of which 20 were closed during the period and 12 remain open as of this report) and two conservation actions.

Six of the 10 impairments identified for 2023 were affiliated Friday Health Plans companies that became impaired due to rapid growth during their initial years of operation. The health plans were placed into receivership, and ultimately, liquidation, due to the companies’ reported insolvency and the inability to raise additional funds from outside investors.

For the entire study period, accident and health insurers and health writers accounted for 70% of the impairments, while 14% were small life insurers that focused primarily on selling lower-value industrial/burial policies or stipulated premium business in the South. Remaining impairments involved fraternal entities, annuity writers and other life or combined life/annuity/health business.

The leading cause for impairments in 2000-2023 - where a specific cause could be identified – was the significant challenges of operating as a qualified nonprofit health insurance issuer (known as Co-Ops, or Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with 19 impairments. Fraud or alleged fraud was the cause of 15 impairments, while 13 companies failed after experiencing rapid growth.

To access a copy of this report, please visit http://www3.ambest.com/bestweek/purchase.asp?record_code=350887.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

Copyright © 2025 by A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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