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The Once and Future C&F - Captain Whiley’s Enterprise
Adee: What have you been doing to keep busy since then? Whiley: Doing those things that are difficult to do when you are in the military. Raising a family. I have six children — so far. Adee: And now you are starting an insurance company. Where did that come from? Whiley: I was thinking, “What’s next?” Talking to people to see what they really needed — that might overlap my experience. Since I did a lot of construction in the army, I have a good sense of what makes for a solid building. By the way, that’s your auction house across the street, right? Adee: Adee-Timpson is mine — my brother has David Adee across the street. Whiley: It looks pretty solid. How do you feel about your insurance on it? Adee: Not great. I’m pretty sure that I have more assets than the insurance company. Whiley: There you go. I have the same problem — and other people feel the same way. I think there is a big
Names, including William Adee and George Bush, from log of North River Insurance Company founding investors, 1822.
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