Ignoring a government request that he serve significant time, a federal judge today sentenced former General Re. Corp. chief executive officer Ronald E. Ferguson to two years in prison for securities fraud involving a sham reinsurance transaction.

U.S. District Court Judge Christopher F. Droney in Hartford, Conn., also imposed a $200,000 fine and two years of supervised release on the 66-year-old executive.

Mr. Ferguson was ordered to report to a Bureau of Prisons facility on Feb. 18, 2009, if he is unsuccessful in arguments at a prior court hearing that he should remain free on bond pending his appeal of conviction to the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

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