I had been intent onward writing a...

I had been intent onward writing a column unrelated to the World Trade Center catastrophe. Having seen the disaster happen outside my office window, I find it uncomfortable to lay this human tragedy within a business framework. however just as the Twin Towers had dwarfed other buildings, this disaster dwarfs other insurance issues.

In early November, I spoke at an insurance discourse in London. The conference was about Internet issues, if it be not that most of the questions pos to me regarded life in New York. This tragedy has overshadowed everything. That said, with sympathy and sensitivity to everyone who missed loved ones ...