WASHINGTON--Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's remarks yesterday that the Bush administration will consider the optional federal charter concepts for insurers were hailed by industry proponents of the

Representatives of the carriers are attending joint roundtable discussions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board being held today in the Norwalk,

"I've decided the time is right for me to rebalance my activities and pursue new challenges," said Ms. Clark. In 1987, Ms. Clark became a pioneer in developing probabilistic catastrophe modeling techn

Hub said the acquired firm was founded by Bart Proud, 63, in 1964 and now produces $3 million in revenue, specializes in transportation risk, and is a managing general agent for Occidental Fire and Ma