We have proposed this to the board, but it rejected us, claiming that such a renovation would raise "liability issues" for the building.
To raise liability coverage for injuries to another car's occupants to, say, $300,000, from the $50,000 minimum, Atlantic Mutual adds $402 and Erie $219.
Legal breaches raise liability issues for VLN organisers, while affecting the design of the VLN, and raise questions of business and academic reputation and value.
State Farm, which insures 37 million cars, is holding out against raising liability rates for drivers of bigger vehicles, arguing that while they indeed cause more damage in crashes, they are involved in fewer accidents over all.
The possibility that a publication will reveal details about a honeypot or a production network also raises liability issues.
President Barack Obama urged Senate Republicans on Tuesday to "stop playing special interest politics" and allow a vote on legislation that would drastically raise the liability for oil companies responsible for economically damaging spills.
Also on Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked for a second time a Democratic plan to raise the liability limit for oil spills to $10 billion from $75 million.
Members of the Drill, Baby, Drill Party have blocked efforts to raise the liability limits for oil spills, and have yet to muster a single sponsor for climate legislation.
Ms. Murkowski, who has received $434,000 from the industry since 2002 and whose state economy is particularly linked to the industry, last month blocked the Senate from considering a measure that would raise the liability limit for an oil company's legal exposure to $10 billion from $75 million, saying it could hurt smaller companies and produce "unintended consequences".
What it will do is raise the liability cap for economic and environmental disasters caused by oil company negligence from $75 million to $10 billion.
But after Mr. McCain toughened the proposal, raising the financial liability for cigarette makers, Philip Morris led a $40 million industry lobbying and public relations campaign against the bill.
