, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has been elected chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council for a two-year term beginning April 1. The council also named Office of Thrift Supervision Director Ellen Seidman as vice chairman. Former representative Rick Lazio, R-NY, is slated to be president and chief executive officer of the Financial Services Forum, a newly formed public policy trade group representing 19 of the country’s largest banks, insurance companies,