Atlantic Security Ltd.

A slew of lawsuits concerning the collapse of Bermuda-based captive First Virginia Reinsurance Ltd. have been stayed pending a ruling on which United States court should have jurisdiction. All proceedings have come to a temporary halt while a 'Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation' considers a motion by three of the defendants, General Re, GeneralCologne Re and Berkshire Hathaway, to have the cases consolidated into one action at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.