Deadline extended to file Holocaust-era insurance claims

							STATE OF COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES
M. Michael Cooke
Executive Director

DIVISION OF INSURANCE
William J. Kirven III
Commissioner of Insurance
1560 Broadway, Suite 850                                                              Bill Owens
Denver, Colorado 80202                                                                  Governor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                              CONTACT: Deborah Collette
February 14, 2002                                                             303-894-7544


               Deadline extended to file Holocaust-era insurance claims
DENVER – The deadline to file Holocaust-era insurance claims has been extended to Sept. 20,
2002. The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) extended the
deadline to allow itself sufficient time to publish additional names of policyholders on its website,
www.icheic.org, and to give adequate time to the public to review the lists.

Claim forms are available through the international commission. Consumers may call 1-800-957-
3203 in the United States or visit the ICHEIC website.

ICHEIC requires participating companies to produce available lists of Holocaust-era policyholders.
ICHEIC has posted thousands of names on its website and continues to update its lists as more
names become available. Provisions are also in place to provide benefits for those with claims
against companies no longer in existence or companies that were nationalized under communism.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, several European insurance companies,
European regulators, representatives of several Jewish organizations and the State of Israel created
ICHEIC in 1998. The Commission is charged with establishing a just process that will address the
issue of unpaid insurance policies issued to victims of the Holocaust.

A copy of this press release is available on the Colorado Division of Insurance website at:
www.dora.state.co.us/insurance under press releases.

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