DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,544

XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF XL AMERICA INCORPORATED
EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on December 6, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of XL
Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of XL America Exton,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject facility provide
operational support for a commercial insurance provider.
XL Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of XL America
Exton, Pennsylvania, does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be
considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking
certification (or on whose behalf certification is being sought)
must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces
an article and there must be a relationship between the workers'
work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision.
The workers described above do not support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and thus the worker group cannot be considered import impacted
or affected by a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.








Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of XL
Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of XL America Exton,
Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of December 2007

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance