5. A method of enabling an underwriter to improve the loss ratio on an existing book of insurance, the book comprising existing insurance policies for a set of insured entities, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a set of policy information for the insured entities upon which binding of each policy was based; b) providing a set of predetermined underwriting criteria; c) using a computer having a user interface display for inputting data from responses to a set of survey questions, the display including a plurality of spaces for survey data input; d) surveying at least some of the insured entities, the survey eliciting responses to the set of survey questions in step “c”; e) on an individual basis, for at least some of the insured entities surveyed, inputting data from the responses received in step “d” into the computer at the spaces provided for in the display; f) using a computer to compare the data inputted during step “e” on an individual basis with at least some of the policy information obtained in step “a”; g) using the computer to identify exceptions to expected answers in the attempt to validate, and for some of the entities surveyed, having the computer flag each insured entity that does not meet the set of predetermined underwriting criteria; h) reporting to the underwriter survey information on at least some of the insured entities who were flagged; i) the insurance underwriter reviewing the report of step “g” enabling the insurance underwriter to take one or more steps to improve the loss ratio of the book of insurance after receiving the survey that is reported; and j) wherein the book of insurance includes multiple policies selected from the group consisting of: worker's compensation, general liability, products liability, property, professional liability, and automobile.
5. A method of enabling an underwriter to improve the loss ratio on an existing book of insurance, the book comprising existing insurance policies for a set of insured entities, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a set of policy information for the insured entities upon which binding of each policy was based; b) providing a set of predetermined underwriting criteria; c) using a computer having a user interface display for inputting data from responses to a set of survey questions, the display including a plurality of spaces for survey data input; d) surveying at least some of the insured entities, the survey eliciting responses to the set of survey questions in step “c”; e) on an individual basis, for at least some of the insured entities surveyed, inputting data from the responses received in step “d” into the computer at the spaces provided for in the display; f) using a computer to compare the data inputted during step “e” on an individual basis with at least some of the policy information obtained in step “a”; g) using the computer to identify exceptions to expected answers in the attempt to validate, and for some of the entities surveyed, having the computer flag each insured entity that does not meet the set of predetermined underwriting criteria; h) reporting to the underwriter survey information on at least some of the insured entities who were flagged; i) the insurance underwriter reviewing the report of step “g” enabling the insurance underwriter to take one or more steps to improve the loss ratio of the book of insurance after receiving the survey that is reported; and j) wherein the book of insurance includes multiple policies selected from the group consisting of: worker's compensation, general liability, products liability, property, professional liability, and automobile. 7. The method of claim 5 , wherein in step “h” the insurance underwriter improves the book of insurance by amending the terms of one or more of the insurance polices of the book of insurance policies.