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Fri 03 Mar 2007Bupa's risk-equalisation claim rejectedSeán Quinn's attack on the VHI prompted sharp exchanges yesterday after the State health insurer went on the offensive to accuse Bupa's new owner of making "totally inaccurate" claims about its business.VHI chief executive Vincent Sheridan implicitly rejected Mr Quinn's claim that his company set out to lose money after years of profitable growth in order to boost its case for risk-equalisation payments from Bupa.