A two-day underwater examination conducted by Transocean and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Oct. 4-5 confirmed that there are no hydrocarbons leaking from the sunken Deepwater Horizon or the riserthe pipe linking the rig to the well head prior to the Macondo accident last year.

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Managing general agent Patricia Sleicher thinks she has the most interesting job in the industry: insuring events of all descriptions and sizes, in all locales, against weather disruptions.

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