1990 Business Wire, September 26, 1990                     

ORGANIZATION: MAXXAM

TICKER-SYMBOL:  MXM

GEOGRAPHIC: TEXAS             

INDUSTRY: FOREST PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

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                   Copyright 1992 The Times Mirror Company                                 
Los Angeles Times

                    October 6, 1992, Tuesday, Valley Edition

SECTION: Business; Part D; Page 11; Column 1

LENGTH: 86 words

HEADLINE: REGIONAL PEOPLE

 BODY:    Underwriters Reinsurance Co. in Woodland Hills has named Harry 
Petru Jr. president and chief executive of its new subsidiary, Commercial 
Underwriters Insurance Co., which will sell property-casualty insurance 
directly.

    William C. Leone  also has joined Commercial Underwriters as 
executive vice president and chief financial officer. Both previously 
held posts at Topa Insurance Co. in Los Angeles. Underwriters Reinsurance 
Co. is a unit of Underwriters Re Corp., a privately held concern in 
Woodland Hills.

TYPE: Column; Appointment