Fireman's Fund Responds to Alleged Lawsuit

[Fireman's Fund Insurance via BizWire]

NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--Fireman's Fund
Insurance Company has issued the following statement regarding a
lawsuit allegedly filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court by
plaintiff Allen Estin against 14 insurance companies, including
Fireman's Fund, concerning their purported refusal to sell life
insurance to people who travel to Israel.
The statement is as follows: "Fireman's Fund has not seen the
lawsuit in question, but believes a mistake has been made either in
the filing of the suit or in the media reports linking Fireman's Fund
to the complaint. Fireman's Fund is a property and casualty insurer
only, with no life insurance products or services. Fireman's Fund has
not had a life insurance capability since 1985, when that line of
business was sold."
Founded in 1863, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company is one of the
major property casualty companies in the United States.