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Articles in August, 2006 issue of Best's Review

• By the numbers.(Briefing)
• Principal Financial Group.(Life)(named Kurt Shallow)(Brief article)
• Meetings.(Briefing)(insurance companies)(Brief article)(Calendar)
• Face to face: the forthcoming Reinsurance Directive will be a factor as renewal talks begin in Monte Carlo in September.(Rendez-Vous de Septembre: Reinsurance/Capital Markets)
  by O'Connor, Robert
• Insurance celebration.(ADVERTISING)(Brief article)
  by Goch, Lynna
• St. Paul Travelers to drop 3,000 Florida commercial accounts.(Companies)(Brief article)
• Businesses look to continuous auditing, monitoring.(Loss/Risk Management Notes: Property/Casualty)(Statistical table)
  by Green, Meg
• Compelling the consumers: benefits brokers can provide the traction employers need to switch workers to consumer-driven health plans.(Consumer-Driven Health Care: Agent/Broker)
  by Gedney, John J.
• Program to cover Artisan Contractors.(Property/Casualty)(Ohio Casualty Insurance Co.'s Artisan Contractors Package Program)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• ACORD.(Tech Bytes)(Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development)(Brief article)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Brave new world.(Editor's Prologue)
  by Whitney, Sally
• Inside the medicine cabinet: health plans must decide whether to place a host of new prescription drugs on their formularies.
  by Chordas, Lori
• Mark Lyons takes on new responsibilities at Arch Capital.(People in Insurance)(Brief article)
  by Amato, Keith
• Building up to code: insurers back stronger building codes to lessen catastrophe losses, but progress is slow in two Gulf States.(Catastrophes: Property/Casualty)(Statistical table)
  by Cornejo, Rick
• Data-mining saves federal crop insurance program $456 million, director says.(Technology Notes: Technology)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Praetorian Financial Group.(Property/Casualty)
• A.M. Best stock indices, second quarter 2006.(Briefing)(Statistical table)
• Living up to the hype: insurance CEOs see significant competitive advantages--and a new role for CIOs--as technology aligns with business.(Information Systems: Technology)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Accidental death, dismemberment.(SPOTLIGHT)(Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.)(Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• 'A drop in the bucket': by writing against the risk of drought and starvation, one reinsurer is offering both hope and self-reliance to a third world nation.
  by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer
• Copyrights and trademarks and patents! Oh, my! Insurers need to know the uses, benefits and risks of intellectual property rights to protect their own businesses and to avoid infringing on competitors' rights.(Intellectual Property Rights: Regulatory/Law)
  by DiBernardo, Ian G.; Latza, William D.
• The Empire State strikes back; in trying to fix troubled workers' compensation systems, New York and other states can learn from California and Pennsylvania.(Workers' Compensation Insurance: Property/Casualty)
  by Newell, Felton
• Life product growth rates, 1Q 2005-2006.(SNAPSHOT)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
• Aon's full electronic trading could shake up London market.
  by O'Connor, Robert
• Managing longevity risk: the new retirement math is that living benefits in variable annuities can help hedge market risk.
  by Odenath, David
• Arch Insurance Group.(Property/Casualty)(named Charles Schmalz, Brian Hughes and Dennis Brand)(Brief article)
• Best's rating changes.(Ratings)(Statistical table)
• Plugging the leak: insurers are spending too much of their premium dollars on inefficient claims adjusting, but they can improve the process and their profitability.(Claims Processing: Technology)(Insurance Information Institute reports )
  by Narasimhan, Badri
• Data breach a growing concern for insurance application process.(Highlights From BestWeek: Briefing)
  by Dankwa, David
• Quote/unquote.(Comment)
• Making a move: when personal lines policyholders relocate, agents move, too--to set up their clients with the same insurer or a similar agent in the new neighborhood.(Client Retention: Agent/Broker)
  by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer
• Lloyd's withstood storms well, reinsurance broker says.(Lloyd's Life Assurance Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Life cycle risk management: agents and brokers are trying to earn a seat at the financial planning table.(Loss/Risk Management Insight: Agent/Broker)
  by McElwee, Andrew
• Aon Consulting.(Tech Bytes)(Brief article)
  by Chordas, Lori
• American International Group.(Property/Casualty)(named Anthony Galioto)(Brief article)
• Correction.(Comment)(Correction notice)
• Progressive Corp.(Property/Casualty)(appointed John Sauerland)(Brief article)
• Brokers see surplus of rules in excess and surplus market.(Highlights From BestWeek: Briefing)
  by Lehmann, R.J.
• Ready for his close-up.(AUTO INSURANCE)(popular television advertisement)(Brief article)
  by Goch, Lynna
• Space-age strategy.(MARKETING)(marketing strategy of UnumProvident Corp.)(Brief article)
  by Goch, Lynna
• Canada's Onex Partners to acquire Aon Warranty Group.(Brief article)
• An uncommon vision: how a small monoline company saw demand for its only line of business fading away, but used the underwriting lessons it learned to expand into a niche property/casualty player that regularly outperforms industry giants.(Niche Underwrit
  by Green, Meg
• Mega changes on the horizon: a Texas life and health insurer regroups with a new name and a new objective: lowering the high cost of health care.(Health: Health/Employee Benefits)
  by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer
• U.K. liability insurers sense opening in chocolate recall.(Briefing)
  by O'Connor, Robert
• 2006 top 35 global reinsurance groups.(Leading Writers: Reinsurance/Capital Markets)(Statistical table)
• Genworth Financial Inc.(BRANDING)(Genworth Financial Treasure Challenge)(Brief article)
  by Goch, Lynna
• Coming up ... in September.(Terrorism Insurance)(changes in insurance business after terrorist attacks)(Brief article)
• Small, midsize businesses need continuity plan.(Loss/Risk Management Notes: Property/Casualty)(Brief article)
  by Green, Meg
• The long haul: aligned interests and a shared passion are crucial concerns for independent insurance agents when choosing a carrier.(Selling Insight: Agent/Broker)
  by Preston, Kate
• Vul guarantees income stream.(Life)(variable universal life insurance)(American General Insurance Co.)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Allianz to cut nearly 7,500 jobs in German restructuring.(Companies)
• Energy Takeover not 'c' word.(Comment)
  by George, Hank
• More than a sales pitch: commercial buyers of insurance want brokers to offer more insight and advice, and anticipate potential business risks.(Selling Insight: Health/Employee Benefits)
  by Hoeg, Gregory, Sr.
• New York Life Insurance Co.(Life)(appointed Michael Oleske, Julius Alberico, Michael Oliviero and Michael Lackey)(Brief article)
• The new frontier: global trade integration opens new territory for multinational insurers.(Developing Markets: Regulatory/Law)(Cover story)(Statistical table)
  by Pilla, David
• The American Association of Insurance Services.(Tech Bytes)(online residential valuation service)(Brief article)
  by Chordas, Lori
• Countrywide Insurance Group.(Property/Casualty)(named Myron Hendry)(Brief article)
• A.M. Best launches E-Fusion Podcast focused on technology.(Briefing)(Brief article)
• The makeup of ERM: extreme computing and big data are the DNA of enterprise risk management systems.(Technology Insight: Technology)(enterprise risk management systems)
  by Krishna, Dilip; Strobel, Dale
• Va with built-in principal protection.(Life)(variable annuity )(Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s MassMutual Equity Edge)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Marsh and McLennan Cos.(Agent/Broker)(appointed David Spiller and John Drzik)(Brief article)
• Storm surge: nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast courts are beginning to weigh in on homeowners flood claims.(Legal Insight: Regulatory/Law)
  by Bennett, Richard C.
• Playing to win: a good insurance operation knows the secrets of a good basketball team.(Underwriting Insight: Property/Casualty)
  by Egan, Michael P.
• Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd.(Property/Casualty)(elected David Ripsom)(Brief article)
• Best's insurance stock indices.(Briefing)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
• Capturing retirement rollovers: life insurers have a lot to offer retirees rolling over money from qualified plans. Some are beginning to offer not just products, but specific programs.(Retirement Products: Life)
  by Panko, Ron
• EIA guaranteed lifetime withdrawals.(Equity-Indexed Annuity Line)(Brief article)
  by Panko, Ron
• Integro.(Agent/Broker)(named Edward Nicholls and Wayne Snow)(Brief article)
• Going it alone: in an age when most life reinsurance is sold by multiline companies, and the number of pure life reinsurers serving the U.S. market has shrunk, the few remaining players are going strong and a new player has joined them.(Life Reinsurance:
  by Panko, Ron
• Ace sells runoff reinsurers to London management firm.(Companies)(Ace Ltd.)(Ace American Reinsurance Co.)(Brandywine Reinsurance Co.(UK)Ltd.)(Brandy-wine Reinsurance Co.)(Brief article)
• CNA Financial Corp.(Property/Casualty)