Articles from Best's Review (April 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Tis a gift to be simple: complex annuities scare off both buyers and advisers, so the industry is offering less intimidating products.	Panko, Ron		2717
10 advertising No-No's.	van Aartrijk, Peter	Brief article	262
A century of aftershocks: the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 remains a milestone in insurance risk assessment. On its centennial, the post-Katrina world is asking the obvious: "What if ...?".	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer	Cover story	3367
A global future: research shows the need to break away from old operational models for many aspects of insurance.	Bisker, Jamie		744
A punch to the wallet: sure, insurance covers assaults and beating, but what about fiscal hostility?	Rutkin, Alan S.	Column	706
All shook up: if the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occurred today, insured losses would likely reach $80 billion; however, there are many scenarios capable of producing even greater losses.	Guin, Jayanta		2343
Best's insurance stock indices.		Brief article	271
Best's rating changes.		Table	598
Boom and bust? Insurers face new challenges as the baby boom generation may have to work beyond age 70 to maintain its current standard of living.	Weisbart, Steven N.		823
Cause of Acrobat's fall during circus is clarified.	Gluck, Jeremy J.	Letter to the editor	100
Companies still risk information theft.	Green, Meg	Brief article	263
Critical-illness product benefits.		Brief article	140
Database essentials: insurers are faced with the fairness-consistency challenge in settling bodily injury claims.	Coyne, Frank J.		676
Doing something about weather: weather derivatives have helped companies control financial risk for nearly a decade. Now that they're trading on a mercantile exchange, sales are really taking off.	Panko, Ron		2449
Earthquake early report.			106
Growing crop insurance concerns: the 2007 federal budget has agents seeking yet another language change to the Federal Crop Insurance Act.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		1621
Guide to Best's financial strength rating.		Table	842
Help wanted: although insurance jobs are increasing, aging baby boomers and a decline in college graduates entering the industry are creating a limited supply of talent.	Chordas, Lori		2217
Here's to your health: insurers are working with employers to provide wellness programs in hopes of creating healthier and more productive employees.	Chordas, Lori		2652
Hot cat contracts: industry loss warranties are growing in popularity as insurers look to balance their risks and fill in gaps in traditional catastrophe coverage.	Green, Meg		1920
Hot liability: recent pro-plaintiff developments in welding fume litigation have put welding companies and insurers on the alert.	Lawrence, Robert R.		2068
Independent agents hit hard by Katrina.	Bryson, Bill	Letter to the editor	386
Insurance recruiters: some search firms specialize in placing insurance in specific lines of business and occupations, while others serve the entire industry.		Directory	943
Insurers balk as regulators weigh collateral.	Barrett, Eleanor	Brief article	267
Keeping it simple: effective simplicity is the product of careful thought, sound judgment and thorough planning.	Panning, William H.	Column	733
Life insurers eye share of health savings windfall.	Lysiak, Fran Matso		611
Life: decline in applications.	Panko, Ron	Brief article	156
Lloyd's goes outside the insurance industry for new CEO.	O'Connor, Robert	Brief article	239
Lloyd's likely to feel hit in U.K.'s record robbery; may be a test for self-insurance.	O'Connor, Robert		578
Meetings.		Calendar	141
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.		Brief article	99
More, please.		Brief article	153
On guard: new rules require life insurers to establish programs to prevent their products and services from being used for money laundering or terrorist financing.	Serino, Robert B.		1437
Outstanding in his field: Gene Gantz has been honored for spending more than four decades promoting crop insurance.	Green, Meg		602
Poe Financial Group stops writing homeowners in Florida.		Brief article	163
Preparing for the worst: risk managers are flocking to the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society's conference to discuss hot topics including pandemics, wild weather and terrorism.	Green, Meg		1851
Prescription for fair play: insurers and consumers are using litigation to recover overcharges from pharmaceutical firms that illegally keep generics off the market.	Lawrence, Gerald		1254
Property/Casualty Quarterly Underwriting Results by Segment.		Brief article	122
Prudential to buy Allstate's variable annuity business for $560 million.		Brief article	146
Regulators to discuss life after TRIA.	Barrett, Eleanor	Brief article	258
SEC probes MetLife unit over suitability of universal life sales.		Brief article	164
Study: D&O rates fall again.			399
The changing face of online distribution: internet insurance marketing has evolved from being aggregator-driven to being carrier-driven.	McKenna, Kevin		1189
The Hartford Financial Services Group.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	90
The return of own-specialty: liberalized disability benefits for professional groups suggest that history might repeat itself, to the detriment of insurers.	Bannach, Gerald T.		719
The second time around.	Whitney, Sally	Editorial	372
Top 5 auto writers ad spending.		Brief article	104
Trustmark offers combo product.		Brief article	88
U.S. property/casualty industry financial indicators.		Brief article	200
Warren Buffett: Geico's success eases catastrophes' bite.	Dankwa, David	Brief article	238
Web-based doctor credentialing helps health insurers target costs.	Chordas, Lori		509
Who will sell life insurance in five years? Just as the initial wave of baby boomers is starting to retire, so will an increasing number of life insurance agents.	Berry, Richard K.		761