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surance policy is only as good as the assets of the insurer,” said Mr. Baumgardner, suggesting that the board ask its insurance consultant, Allen Thornton with Industrial Insurance Management Corporation in Richmond, to analyze the Chicago firm's financial condition.
“The next three or four weeks will probably be the most critical time as far as decision making” on the Sperryville sewer project, said WSA member Carson Johnson, steering the conversation back to the Authority’s potential liability. “And we’re going to have tough decisions. This sort of leaves us out on a limb—not knowing if we are or are not covered.”
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