A matter of perspective

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Vincent Laurenzano is an insurance finance consultant at the Stroock & Stroock & Lavan insurance law firm. He started as a junior examiner at the New York Insurance Dept where he retired as assistant deputy superintendent in 1997. Known as a problem solver, he joined Stroock & Stroock because of the firm's reputation and expertise in the securitization and derivatives fields. Laurenzano also served on the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision Joint Forum on Financial Conglomerates and is associated with the Society of Financial Examiners.

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An elder statesman moves on

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Former National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners head Brian K. Atchinson deserves special recognition. Atchinson, who is one of the veterans of the profession, was considered a peacemaker by his NAIC colleagues and helped unite them into a cooperative alliance while fulfilling his function as Maine's insurance superintendent. As a state insurance regulator, Atchinson balanced adroitly the needs of the public and the requirements of the companies.

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A second wind stirs for tort reform

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Tort reform advocates nearly achieved victory in 1996, but Pres Clinton vetoed a reform bill that had bipartisan support. Reform advocates are undeterred, however. Senate Republicans have named products liability reform one of their 10 top legislative issues, and the president could see tort reform as a means of deflecting attention from campaign fundraising issues.

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