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Illinois-Chicago Insurance The stock market may be a better future for its 13 board members had last week with industry heavyweights, including four members with links to Kemper Insurance Cos. and a group of Aon.

In addition, he announced Kemper II presents three unions to write his first surplus lines policies.

Despite the recent bankruptcies II’s syndication, Kemper has attracted in particular by the exchange’s ability to write surplus lines surface in 34 countries, said the new board member William A. Hickey, vice president of Kemper Insurance Cos. in Long Grove, Ill.

Kemper is specialize on accidents and coverage of environmental damage, and the surfaces of a third line is expected that remains to be determined later, Mr. Hickey said. The three new unions, which will continue its activities until the end of the year are activated with $ 20 million or a total of $ 60 per million, he said.

“After a good hard look on the possibility of realizing its full potential, it is clear,” said William D. Smith, Kemper’s President and Chief Operating Officer, was elected president II-the last week. “In accordance with the order to regulate and govern with caution, the exchange can be an almost unlimited choice of programmes, including the securitisation of risks, special programs and agencies of prisoners, he said.

Jim Tait, II President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “The exchange is impossible to strengthen, under its new leadership. With some key executives of the insurance and financial arenas on board, we have the talent, commitment and vision of the Exchange in a new era. ”

Earlier this year, leaders II sought increased surveillance by public insurance regulatory authorities as a means to restore the credibility of the exchange, three Union bankruptcies in eight months (BI, March 10). A new law has been this summer, when most effective Jan. 1st

In addition to the lords Hickey and Smith, the newly elected steering committee members with links to Kemper: Kemper board director Daniel R. Bravo, and Steven H. Lesnik, President and CEO of Lesnik & Co., a public relations firm.

In addition, Aon Group President and Chief Operating Officer Michael D. O’Halleran also was elected to the board of directors.

In the meantime, the Chicago Board of Trade to continue studying the feasibility of creating a second insurance exchange would, in essence, it allows him to write and balance risks in the form of insurance futures contracts, according to a spokesman CBOT (BI, Oct. 13).

Bill aims of the exhibition in 2000

Washington, listed company must disclose specific information about their exposure to the year 2000, computer problems occur if a bill in Congress is rightly so.

“A delay of our efforts to solve this problem, inexcusably ruthless,” said Senator Bob Bennett, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate, the Banking Committee’s subcommittee Financial Services and Technology.

Bill Bennett, the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend its disclosure obligations, many new challenges, including two specially with regard to insurance. Under the measure, companies would have to disclose if they meet insurance in 2000, problems and give an estimate of the estimated cost of the process and fiscal responsibility in proceedings in 2000. The Bennett bill would also require that companies such things show how much they are spending for the repair of the year 2000 problem and their plans for managing their business underway, if the failure of their computers.

Consultations on the measure next year.

Super reference accounts established

Congress in Washington, it is expected that a new reform bill bipartie Fund, if the end of their performance.

Although the bill, led last week of Representatives. Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley, R-VA. And 36 others, not to take Super Fund’s controversial retroactive liability in most cases there would be more responsibility as a measure of emergency introduced recently by Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, RN.Y., said Taylor Caswell, Senior Federal Affairs representative of the Alliance of American Insurers.

Small businesses, recycling, generating carriers, arrears of contribution minimum quantities of waste Super Fund and enjoy all local governments, at least limited immunity retroactive liability under the law.