Mr. Glancy headed XL Insurance's Global Professional operations, which provide insurance for professional indemnity, directors and officers, employment practices liability and management liability. He

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"For the first time in many months, we're seeing what could be real progress in Geneva," in terms of negotiations within the World Trade Organization on liberalization of insurance regulations, said

Mr. Buffett, also the company's chief executive officer, announced in a television interview last week that he was rescinding an offer to reinsure the municipal bond business of three major financial