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          petitioner reduced its umbrella coverage from $10,000,000 to                
          $5,000,000 and self-insured for risks above $5,000,000.                     
          Petitioner had an umbrella policy providing per occurrence and              
          aggregate coverage of $5,000,000.  The annual premium for this              
          policy was $57,000 to $67,000.  Benefits under this policy were             
          payable only if petitioner had exhausted the primary policies.              
          Petitioner had the following umbrella insurance coverage from               
          1983 to 1989:                                                               

                                                               Annualized             
            Policy period      Insurer          Limits           premium              
            11/11/83-1/1/85Western Employers $10 mil. per        $6,517               
                                           occur. and                                 
                                           aggregate                                  
            1/1/85-10/1/85    U.S. Fire    $10 mil. per          12,467               
                                           occur.                                     
            10/1/85-10/1/86   U.S. Fire    $5 mil. per           23,500               
                                           occur.                                     
            1/1/86-1/1/879       INA       $5 mil. aggregate     57,096               
            1/1/87-1/1/88        INA       $5 mil. aggregate     66,707               
            1/1/88-1/1/89        INA       $5 mil. aggregate     57,130               
            1/1/89-1/1/90        INA       $5 mil. aggregate     46,245               

               5.   Petitioner's Financial Condition                                  
               Petitioner paid no dividends in fiscal year 1982, but it               
          paid dividends annually from 1983 through the years in issue.               
          Petitioner paid almost $900,000 in dividends to its stockholders            
          from March 31, 1983, to March 31, 1989, an average of about 10              

          9 During the first 6 months of the 1987 fiscal year (from                   
          Mar. 31 to Oct. 1, 1986), petitioner carried $10,000,000 of                 
          commercial umbrella liability insurance.                                    




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