Insurers In Tentative Asbestos Bill Compromise

By Steven Brostoff, Washington Editor

NU Online News Service, Oct. 15, 4: p.m. EDT, Washington?The insurance industry has tentatively accepted a compromise asbestos reform funding proposal by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., but will insist that any asbestos legislation contain safeguards to ensure certainty, finality and efficiency.

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