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

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Foreign companies writing surplus lines here--some points to consider".		Brief Article	83
A brand new approach: auto insurers are looking to various channels and a consistent message to brand their companies.	Chordas, Lori		3092
A unique momentum.			2796
A.M. Best increases surveillance of insurers' catastrophe exposures.			355
Auto-deer collisions deadly, costly.	Green, Meg		328
Axis seeks capital boost through preferred share sale.		Brief Article	159
Bermuda reinsurers seen as getting stronger.	Pilla, David		764
Best's insurance stock indices.		Illustration	257
Best's rating changes.			3807
Best's Review now features insurance stock indices.			239
Calling to the outside: for the first time, insurers' spending on external technology solutions is expected to outpace internal IT spending.	Chordas, Lori		1848
Coalition urges insurers to disclose climate risk.	Dankwa, David		364
Coming to a Market Near You: an effective, practical product disclosure and suitability framework could usher in a new environment for the industry and consumers.	Stein, Robert W.		743
Despite controversy, risk managers stay with brokers.	Green, Meg		389
Don't take it; it's mine; enforceable nonpiracy agreements protect the business interests of both agencies and agents.	Zucker, Todd		2047
Editorial calendar: looking ahead.			197
Everything in its place: litigation lifecycle management can streamline insurers' critical documents and give them greater control over the legal process.	Kruse, Christopher		1120
Finding goodwill in the bad: in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, adjusters were tested to respond with fiscal responsibility without losing touch with their humanity.	Stewart, Gordon		734
Fingerprint database's cost one of many industry concerns.	Chordas, Lori		520
Germany's Talanx to buy Gerling Companies.		Brief Article	105
Get back to basics: at a time when sales of life insurance products should be soaring, the industry needs to take a good look at what consumers really want.	Verzone, Ronald D.		771
Going for 50: nationwide online producer licensing is just a few states away.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2158
Group disability plan to help small employers.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	148
In memoriam.		Obituary	98
Insurance auditors and actuaries of North America.	Williams, John		1119
Integro joins London market with buy of Lloyd's broker.		Brief Article	116
Less is more opportunity: mini-meds or limited-benefit health plans are fast becoming a standard product among carriers.	Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer		2593
Liability concerns in New Orleans.	Dankwa, David		471
Lloyd's gets reinsurance license in China.		Brief Article	84
Making ERM happen: a few simple rules can empower champions of enterprise risk management to make it happen at their firms.	Panning, William H.		776
Meetings.		Calendar	159
New rules and new features.	Whitney, Sally		358
New York Life Insurance Co.		Brief Article	109
P/C impairments hit near-term lows following two stormy years.		Brief Article	164
Progressive chairman Lewis "Insurance Leader of the Year".	Amato, Keith	Brief Article	232
Protection support: a joint effort of insurers, governments and employers is needed to bridge the gap in mortality protection that leaves millions of people vulnerable and society responsible.	Kirova, Milka		2490
Putting the customer back in customer service.	McGlynn, E. Bernard, Jr.		345
Reinsurance waltz: Hurricane Katrina, skepticism about modeling, and continuing state and federal investigations are giving annual reinsurance negotiations some new turns.	Green, Meg		1682
Saved by the light: regulators and the industry hope that new disclosure requirements will eliminate shady finite reinsurance contracts and keep the product viable.	Green, Meg		1996
Shifting IT success factors: organizational strategy is as important as the technology strategy.	Landberg, Steven		639
Staying strong.	Panko, Ron		2112
Swiss re becomes top reinsurer with $6.8B acquisition of GE insurance.	Pilla, David		421
The new scrutiny: insurers are facing additional pressure to prove they have adequate internal and external financial controls in place.	Green, Meg		4157
Travelers enhances ID theft protection.	Panko, Ron	Brief Article	110
Turning the corner: how the New York State Insurance Department lowered auto insurance rates, slashed loss costs for insurers and reduced fraud.	Mills, Howard		2226
Under the Big Top: circus liability insurance makes sure the show goes on.	Chordas, Lori		603
Underwriters Hiscox, Amlin up and running in Bermuda.		Brief Article	107
Upgrading commercial lines: are process enhancements without product design changes really just an empty shell?	Stulgaitis, Paul		718
Vesta Insurance Group, Inc.		Brief Article	99
Wake-up call.		Brief Article	108
Way out 'West': when a company is scammed, who pays the insurance?	Rutkin, Alan S.		736
Willis gains majority in Chinese broker.		Brief Article	116
XL Capital prices securities offerings at $2.9 billion.		Brief Article	176