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Subject: Satellite Insurance
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Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 05:51:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 14 05:51:00 1984
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From:  William Daul  Tymshare OAD  Cupertino CA  

>From COMPUTERWORLD (Feb 13, 1984 p. 11)

   Will mishap hike insurance rate?

      NEW YORK -- The insurance industry is feeling repercussions from the 
      failures to properly launch two $75 million communications satellites from
      the space shuttle Challenger this month.

      The Westar VI communications satellite owned by Western Union Co. was 
      insured for $105 million; Western Union had paid a premium of about $5.5 
      million for the policy.  Alexander & Alexander Services, Inc., a New York 
      brokerage company, was the underwriter for the policy, according to a 
      Western Union spokesman. ...