As reported in National Underwriter Life & Health, the US Treasury Department and two of its offshoots have recommended that life insurers check to be sure that they have enough capital to pay claims during a severe influenza epidemic.
This request comes after reviewing a report based on the results of a three week pandemic flu exercise conducted in 2007. You can read the full story
here in National Underwriter. You can also see the full goverment report
by clicking here (this is a 72 page PDF file).