The insurance and journalism worlds lost one of their best last week when Philip "Phil" Schreiner, former editor of Claims magazine, passed away on Dec. 10 after a short battle with lung cancer at the age of 66.

Mr. Schreiner took over as editor in chief of Claims in late 2000, and retired from the magazine in May 2008. It was under his leadership that the magazine went through several successful redesigns and launched its Web site.

Throughout his 40-year career, he was the winner of almost two dozen Jesse H. Neal Awards from American Business Media–journalistic awards often referred to as the "Pulitzer" of the business-to-business press.

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