WASHINGTON—Warren W. Heck is chairman and CEO of GNY Insurance Co., a mid-sized insurance company based in Manhattan, which is the largest writer of terrorism risk insurance for the co-ops, apartment houses and condos that are the core of the housing market in New York city.

Darwin Copeman is president and CEO of Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company, a niche insurer which is the largest writer used by the jewelry industry nationwide to insure their contents against loss and, yes, terrorism.

Its largest risk is the building at 47th St. and 5th Ave. in New York that is the heart of the U.S. diamond industry. It also has major exposure through jewelry stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Toronto. It also insures the contents of jewelry wholesalers and manufacturers.

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