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SEATTLE--Former Bush administration Health Secretary Tommy G. Thompson warned an insurance executives' conference here yesterday that the coming of a flu pandemic is a certainty and they need to take s

SEATTLE--An insurance trade group official briefing her membership today said that the Bush administration has reacted positively to the organization's lobbying for a terrorism backstop measure that ta

SEATTLE--In the wake of Swiss Re's June purchase of GE Insurance Solutions, the chief executive of the expanded U.S. operation said he is pleased at what he has found and the way the two entities have

SEATTLE--Capital market investors may be directing money into reinsurance now, but they will not be staying around long if rates change, according to one brokerage firm executive, whose view is not uni

James H. Veghte, chief executive officer, reinsurance general operations at XLRE, made his comments in an interview here where he and other reinsurers are gathered to do business with insurers attendi

SEATTLE--The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has employed a search firm and should have a new chief executive officer in place shortly, the group's outgoing chairman said yesterday at

SEATTLE--The outgoing chairman of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America said yesterday that the organization's leadership is impatient with state regulators and is examining legislation

WASHINGTON--A push by a business group for quick United States approval to allow Russia entry into the World Trade Organization is inappropriate, officials of the American Insurance Association are cau