Artex

He founded Artex Oil, a Texas drilling company in the early 1950s, now based in Ohio.

The ugly details of claims for duck islands and gardeners, wide screen televisions and plastering of artex ceilings infuriated an electorate facing an economic downturn.

I looked at the ceiling; the Artex charmed me like a snake into another reality.

Artex Risk Solutions, which is now owned by Arthur J. Gallagher & Company, was sued last year by people who used Artex to set up their captives and are now under investigation by the I.R.S.

Firms like Artex charged around $50,000 to set up captives and about $50,000 annually to run them, Mr. Adkisson said.