A leading consumer advocate has gone to war against anactuaries' organization that he contends supplies biased reports toCongress because of hidden job connections.

On the attack is Consumer Federation of America InsuranceDirector Robert Hunter, who is challenging the objectivity of theAmerican Academy of Actuaries, which recently presented findings tolawmakers concerning the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.

Mr. Hunter, who has been urging members of the Academy todisclose their individual employment affiliations in reports tolawmakers for nearly a year, believes the objectivity of Academysubgroups on TRIA, medical malpractice and other issues isquestionable.

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