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Employers Re Applies for Full Operating License From Chinese Regulators

May 30, 2002

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002--Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC) today formally applied for a full property and casualty insurance operating license from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).

ERC has been developing relationships and providing services to several Chinese insurers since 1976. The company opened representative offices in Beijing in 1996 and Shanghai in 1998, providing limited reinsurance services and sharing underwriting expertise with the Chinese market.

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Standard & Poor's Changes Rating Criteria, Rates ERCAA+; New Criteria for All Financial Services Groups

May 29, 2002

Standard & Poor's Changes Rating Criteria, Rates ERC AA+; New Criteria for All Financial Services Groups OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002--Standard & Poor's today issued AA+ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC) and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Standard & Poor's said the outlook is stable.

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GE Capital Completes Acquisition of Security Capital Group

May 14, 2002

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002--GE Capital, through its Real Estate business, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Security Capital Group Incorporated (NYSE: SCZ), an international real estate operating company.

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Non-Profit Agencies to Receive $80,000 as 'Community Caravan' Spreads Goodwill in Kansas City

May 13, 2002

Non-Profit Agencies to Receive $80,000 as 'Community

Caravan' Spreads Goodwill in Kansas City

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2002--

Money & gifts will support youth & education programs

They teach inner city kids how to be good citizens. They keep

families from having to live on the streets. They provide counseling

and shelter to troubled teens. Every day Kansas City non-profit

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GE Capital Elects Partial Distribution of Pro Logis Stock as Merger Consideration in Security Capital Acquisition

April 29, 2002

STAMFORD, Conn. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2002--GE Capital, through its Commercial Real Estate business, and Security Capital Group Incorporated (NYSE: SCZ) announced today that GE Capital has elected to include common shares of ProLogis Trust (NYSE: PLD) in the consideration to be received by Security Capital stockholders in GE Capital's pending acquisition of Security Capital.
GE Capital has the sole discretion to revoke its election on or prior to May 4, 2002.

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GE Capital Commercial Equipment Financing Group Closes Deal for Two of Comdisco's Assets -- Electronics and Laboratory & Scientific

April 25, 2002

DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--GE Capital Commercial Equipment Financing today announced the closing of its acquisition of Comdisco's Electronics and Laboratory & Scientific leasing businesses.
The initial agreement was signed on January 23, the deal was granted approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois on January 24, and officially closed today.

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ADVISORY/`Mom, Dad - What Do You Do All Day?'; GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation Opens Its Doors to Children

April 21, 2002

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WHO: Employees of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation (GE ERC)and their children; 5th grade students from Eugene Ware Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan.; and local Girl Scouts.

WHAT: GE ERC Take our Children to Work Day, being held in conjunction with National Take Our Daughters to Work Day.

WHEN: Thursday, April 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: GE ERC world headquarters, 5200 Metcalf, Overland Park

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GE Capital Financial Inc. Integrates Payment Tool With elcom e-procurement System

April 19, 2002

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002-- ePcard XML Speeds Payment, Streamlines Reconciliation

GE Capital Financial Inc. and elcom, inc. have successfully integrated GE Capital's ePcard XML payment tool in elcom's PECOS(TM) e-procurement system. ePcard XML uses patented technology to automate the control, settlement, and reconciliation of online purchasing.

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Making the World a Safer Place for Children; GE ERC's Project Safeguard Conducts Retrofit of Homestead Child Care Center

April 19, 2002

HOMESTEAD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002--With hurricane season coming, South Floridians are taking special precautions.

Local GE employees recently performed a safety retrofit at the Homestead Family YMCA in Homestead. They installed safety and security film on the center's windows to reduce the dangers of flying glass and secured heavy objects that could fall in a disaster, causing injury. Studies show flying glass can travel up to 300 feet per second as a result of an explosion or high winds.

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GE Brings More Intelligent Risk Management toMarket; MyAnalysis Facilitates Effective, Speedy Risk ManagementDecision-Making

April 13, 2002

GE Brings More Intelligent Risk Management to
Market; MyAnalysis Facilitates Effective, Speedy Risk Management
Decision-Making
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2002--GE Global Asset
Protection Services is making enterprise-wide risk management
possible, allowing risk managers to make strategic business decisions
with greater effectiveness and speed.
GE Global Asset Protection Services is introducing substantial
enhancements to MyAnalysis at the Risk Insurance Management Society

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