Taisei Fire fails due to Sept. 11 attack claims

Taisei Fire fails due to Sept. 11 attack claims

TOKYO, Japan - Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Ichiro Ozawa leaves a press conference room Nov. 22, 2001 after announcing his firm has filed for bankruptcy under a special rehabilitation law for insurers, succumbing to the weight of massive claims stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. ''An accident involving an airplane crashing in the middle of New York was not something we had included in our calculations,'' he said.

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