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

Title	Author	Type	Words
2006 Annual Global Reinsurance report.		Report	302
5 Strategies to clear backlogs: combining clarification, separation, simplification, measurement and communication can eliminate backlogs of work quickly and cost effectively.	Callahan, Steve		2051
A catastrophic battle: some major players in the insurance industry say it's time the federal government provides protection against 'mega-catastrophes.' But a plan in Congress to create a federal backstop to state catastrophe funds continues to face an uphill climb.	Lehmann, R.J.		2274
African broker Alexander Forbes might be abandoning global goals with risk unit sale.	O'Connor, Robert		731
Alien reinsurance collateral: divide sharpens.	Barrett, Eleanor		612
All commercial auto, top writers by state--2005.		Table	1820
All commercial auto, top writers, United States--2005.		Table	726
All private-passenger auto, top writers by state--2005.		Table	1790
All private-passenger auto, top writers, United States--2005.		Table	743
Assets for P/C industry increased by $121 billion in 2005.			1042
Auto liability, top writers by state--2005.		Table	1780
Auto liability, top writers, United States--2005.		Table	739
Auto physical damage, top writers by state--2005.		Table	1781
Auto physical damage, top writers, United States--2005.		Company rankings	733
Auto, top writers, Canada--2005.		Company rankings	771
Best's insurance stock indices.		Brief article	242
Best's rating changes.		Statistical data	1172
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	84
ERM report card: does Enterprise Risk Management really deserve all the attention it's been getting?	Panning, William H.		769
Fighting 'The Blob': organizations need systems to function, but be wary lest they grow into unwieldy bureaucracies.	MacDonald, Robert W.		769
Follow the money: a look at how U.S. life/health insurers' investment strategies have fared since 1995.	Major, Richard		2306
Funding fiasco? a Best's Review survey suggests a federal catastrophe fund could be disastrous for the industry.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		1162
Growing up fast: the five largest insurers formed in Bermuda in 2001 have survived their first major losses--due to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma--and are now tasting their first softening market.	Green, Meg		3796
Hartford Financial.	Goch, Lynna		103
Healthy shrinkage: the number of U.S. life insurance companies has fallen over the past decade by nearly half, a change that is probably for the better.	Panko, Ron		2869
In memoriam.		Obituary	218
In or out? With the technology to establish the reality of events, as a society, are we ready to examine the consequences of these capabilities?	Bisker, Jamie		823
Industry has room to improve consumer data protection practices.	Chordas, Lori		536
Into the night: Halloween means haunted houses, where liabilities that lurk in dark corners have many operators running for cover.	Chordas, Lori		641
Katrina's commercial claims stall as disputes escalate.	Dankwa, David	Brief article	251
Keeping watch.	Whitney, Sally		378
Life insurers' assets hold steady with slight increase in bonds.			1140
Managing the cycle: insurance carriers that fail to maintain underwriting discipline throughout the market cycle risk putting short-term gains ahead of long-term profit.	Pozzi, Steven R.		712
Meetings.		Brief article	150
Modeling after the big one: applying lessons from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, catastrophe modelers have changed their products and insurers have changed how they use them.	Chordas, Lori		2256
No-lapse ULs hit the market.	Panko, Ron	Brief article	165
Not by accident: with an unusual business model and a strong emphasis on serving consumers, NJ Cure is gaining ground in the New Jersey private-passenger auto market.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2245
Prieur takes over as Conseco's new chief executive officer.	Lysiak, Fran Matso	Brief article	207
Quote/unquote: excerpted from BestWeek.			238
Scientific uncertainty: prudent insurers will pay close attention to the scientific debates that surround the issue of global climate change.	Valverde, L. James, Jr.		772
So-called earthquake suit.			199
State of recovery: after years of tinkering, New Jersey's auto insurance market is finally well tuned.	Bakke, Holly		2362
SVUL addresses estate-tax uncertainty.		Brief article	106
Take a good look at yourself: follow these six steps when investigating alleged business misconduct.	Tilton, Patricia M.		1173
Technology resources.		Directory	385
Terrorism insurance growing cheaper and more popular.	Green, Meg		406
The right focus? Emerging approaches to measuring risk and managing capital enhance solvency. Will they do the same for shareholder value?	Stein, Robert W.		709
Total auto, top writers by state--2005.		Table	1791
Total auto, top writers, United States--2005.		Company rankings	741
Turning point: elections 2006: the outcome of November's U.S. elections should shape the course of insurance for years.	Noonan, Brendan		5779
Upfront and personal: proper use of the 'personal profit' exclusion must be determined for defense coverage claims in white-collar criminal cases.	Rutkin, Alan S.		707
WellPoint Inc.	Chordas, Lori	Brief article	99
When consumer-directed plans met managed care: the growing popularity of consumer-directed health care doesn't mean the demise of traditional managed care, but rather a coming together of the two types of products.	Chordas, Lori		1511