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Articles in March, 2005 issue of Risk & Insurance

• Ann Deering
• Slicing through the silos: about 18 months ago SBC Communications hired Paul Stephens to unite the risk management functions around the far-flung corporation, and to increase control at the managerial level. Stephens' group united investments, including p
  by Gregory DL Morris
• Willis expands, buys U.K. units
• Buyer, seller lobbies far apart over bid-rigging scandal: reactions to AG's investigations like night and day
  by Tom Slattery
• Doctors on retainer catch on: a new model driven by doctors dissatisfied with traditional managed care catches on with the few who can afford it. Not surprisingly, the model has begun to attract closer regulatory scrutiny
  by Russ Allen
• Group buys ACE runoff units
• Moving in opposite directions
  by Peter Rousmaniere
• Back to basics
  by Joseph F. Mangan
• Be careful what you wish for: consumer-driven health plans may slow the rate of health care inflation, according to proponents. But the technological billing challenges associated with these plans are so complex that they threaten to erase any pricing gai
  by Tom Starner
• A breakout year for consumer health plans? Providing consumers with good data remains a challenge for health insurers
  by Russ Allen
• Walking the plank: Bermuda leaders, looking to put their stamp on a unified nation, push for independence. Critics claim the governing Progressive Labour Party is committing political suicide. Neither voters nor big business support independence. One CEO
  by Roger Crombie
• W.'s red herring
  by Jack Roberts
• Workers unfamiliar with health accounts
• Hedge funds hog the spotlight: although hedge funds played little role in the reinsurance market five years ago, they now reportedly account for as much as half of the capital available for some specific forms of coverage, such as protection against a sin
  by Roger Crombie
• Joseph Mangan
• Tort costs reach a record in 2003
• Man sues "Fear Factor" after getting sick—isn't that the point? Paralegal sues for $25 million after he claims the NBC show made him ill
  by Susan Gurevitz
• Supply chain threats fray fragile threads: making garments abroad slashes the price of labor, to the delight of shareholders. But the gains are sometimes easily erased with a snafu or two in the supply chain, leaving managers entangled in big headaches
  by John Williams
• GAB Robins expands bandwidth
• Small, remote siblings laugh last
  by Roger Crombie
• Diving into a crushing occupational divide
  by Peter Rousmaniere
• Technology directory
• Mellon-Fiserv join forces
• The high price of misconduct: financial services firms are settling record fines with regulators and this is helping to make directors and officers liability insurance very hard to find at a reasonable price. Buyers will eventually be stuck with higher ra
  by Gregory A. Markel
• CHOICE Medical picks director
• AIR updates hurricane CAT model
• Ex-exec: Spitzer probe splits rims brass into two camps: leadership paralyzed in face of tumult
  by Tom Slattery