Marsh & McLennan will provide $850 million over four years to policyholders hurt by the conflicts of interest and will change its practices, Spitzer said.
In addition to family ties, the lower Midwest had important trade links to the South, which they knew would be hurt by sectional conflict.
Even quiet Zambia is hurt by other countries' conflicts, playing host to some 300,000 refugees from wars in Angola and Congo, nearly half of whom depend on food aid.Not a ruling-party member?
A12 SCIENCE/HEALTH Genome Effort Hurt by Conflict Last-minute merger negotiations between the public and private competitors racing to decode the human genetic code has foundered in a clash of principles and egos.
This year, the travel industry has been hurt by worries about SARS and conflict in Iraq, in addition to continuing concern about terrorism and the weak economy.
Mr. Leku complained that business had been hurt by the five-month-old conflict between ethnic Albanian rebels and the government, and he said that most of his customers, Macedonian Slavs and foreigners, no longer dared to come to Velesta, since the population is largely Albanian.
Since my re-election in July, I've been deeply confused, conflicted, and hurt by the events that have taken place within the College Democrats of America.
Mr. Meister, 54, who grew up on the Lower East Side, said he was hurt by accusations of self-dealing and conflicts of interest, particularly because he has already put $650,000 of his family's money into rescuing the home, money he said he may never recoup.
"The fact that they can personally benefit from their vote, that their farms will be helped or hurt by the subsidies, is a classic conflict of interest," said Larry Noble, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics.
But Albania remains one of the smallest and weakest countries in the region, hurt by years of isolation and proximity to the armed conflicts in the Balkans.
