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		<title>As AI Agents Go Rogue, Cyber Insurers Are Adapting Their Policies</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/27/883064.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Cyber insurers have spent years defining what constitutes a hack and when coverage should pay out, but the rapid emergence of AI agents is raising new questions, forcing insurers to review their policies. Leading AI developers OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>At-Bay to Be Acquired by Munich Re for $575 Million</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/19/882152.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re Group on Aug. 19 said it has agreed to acquire cyber insurtech At-Bay, Inc. for $575 million. The cyber insurance and managed detection and response (MDR) provider primarily serving small- to medium-sized enterprises in the U.S. will be &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re, Lloyd&#8217;s Top List of 50 Largest Global Reinsurers: AM Best</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/18/881981.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re has reclaimed its position from Swiss Re as the largest of global reinsurers that use IFRS-17 accounting standards, while Lloyd&#8217;s has moved to the top ranking of non-IFRS-17 reinsurers, according to AM Best. Among IFRS-17 reporters, Munich Re &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;Chronic&#8217; Heat Risk in Europe Draws Warning From Swiss Re</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/11/881006.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As Europe comes to grips with its fifth heat wave of the year, the research arm of Swiss Re AG is warning of far-reaching consequences. &#8220;Record heat underscores Europe&#8217;s chronic heat risk,&#8221; the authors of the Swiss Re Institute report &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Posts Better-Than-Expected Profit Amid Low Loss Claims</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/07/880701.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[German reinsurer Munich Re on Friday posted a 6% rise in net profit in the second quarter, defying expectations for a drop and lifted by low major loss claims. Net profit in the quarter of €2.211 billion ($2.55 billion) compares &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers Are &#8216;Actively Evaluating&#8217; New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/07/31/879746.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Europe&#8217;s insurers are bracing for a new era of catastrophe risk fanned by rising temperatures in the world&#8217;s fastest-warming continent. Insurers, reinsurers and brokers contacted by Bloomberg are already predicting increased premiums and bigger losses tied to natural catastrophes. Importantly, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Reports €2.2 Billion Profit on &#8216;Very Low&#8217; Major Losses</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/07/24/878937.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re reported second-quarter proft that exceeded analyst estimates on &#8220;very low&#8221; major-loss expenditures in its property-casualty reinsurance business. Net income amounted to about €2.2 billion ($2.5 billion) in the three months through June, the Munich-based reinsurer said in a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Flags Up to €2.5 Billion Private Credit Exposure</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/05/12/869472.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re said it has investments of as much as €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in private credit, an asset class that has been facing fund redemptions and scrutiny of underwriting standards. Private credit &#8220;is about 1% of the asset portfolio &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Plans to Return €5.3 Billion to Investors</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/02/25/859604.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[German reinsurer Munich Re announced plans to return €5.3 billion ($6.3 billion) to shareholders through a new buyback program and a higher dividend. The firm aims to repurchase as much as €2.25 billion of its stock, according to a statement &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Unit to Cut 1,000 Positions as AI Takes Over Jobs</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/02/18/858447.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re&#8217;s primary insurance unit ERGO aims to cut about 1,000 positions in Germany, partly as a result of its increased use of artificial intelligence. The cuts affect simple and repetitive tasks in telephony and claims processing, a spokesman said &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Markets/Coverages: Munich Re Launches Pandemic Consortium via Lloyd&#8217;s Market</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/02/03/856639.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Syndicate announced the launch of The Pandemic Consortium, a Lloyd&#8217;s market initiative which will be focused on offering parametrically triggered catastrophic communicable disease insurance. The consortium will offer a proactive emerging risk transfer solution &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re May Trim Headcount Through Voluntary Buyouts at Ergo Insurance Unit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/01/23/855397.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[German reinsurer Munich Re is planning to reduce jobs through attrition but may turn to voluntary buyouts at its ERGO insurance unit, CEO Christoph Jurecka said. Speaking to journalists on Thursday evening in Munich, Jurecka said that natural fluctuation &#8220;may &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildfires, Storms Fuel 2025 Insured Losses of $108 Billion: Munich Re Report</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/01/13/854041.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Global insured losses from natural disasters fell to $108 billion last year, Munich Re said in a report on Tuesday. That compared with an inflation-adjusted $147 billion in 2024, the German reinsurer said, as the U.S. mainland avoided hurricanes for &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Offers Geothermal Risk Insurance in State-Backed Drive</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/12/18/851626.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Insurer Munich Re and Germany&#8217;s KfW Development Bank are introducing a state-backed program to mitigate the financial risk of geothermal drilling and encourage exploration for the renewable heat and power source. Geothermal power is an abundant energy source that can &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;Big Four&#8217; Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/08/26/836962.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Europe&#8217;s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe risks as well as their ambitious profit targets for 2025 – despite signs of rate softening and hefty claims from &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>20 Years After Katrina, Hurricane Risks to Gulf Coast Rising, Scientist Warns</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/08/25/836874.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline. Mark Bove, a meteorologist with the German &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Activist Investor 7Square Pushes Nuernberger to Entertain Rival Offers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/08/13/835550.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Activist investor 7Square is pushing German insurer Nuernberger Beteiligungs AG to consider rival takeover offers, saying a potential acquisition by Vienna Insurance Group wouldn&#8217;t reflect its full value. The life-insurance business and the property/casualty operations of Nuernberger have underperformed for &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Global Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Could Top $150B in 2025: Swiss Re Report</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/08/06/834711.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit US$80 billion in the first half of 2025, which is almost double the 10-year average between 2015 and 2024 and marks the fifth year in succession when H1 losses have exceeded US$50 billion, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>H1 Natural Disasters Had Insured Price Tag of $80B &#8211; Driven by US Claims: Munich Re</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/07/29/833552.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Natural disasters across the globe cost insurers US$80 billion during the first half of 2025, up from $64 billion in H1 2024, according to Munich Re&#8217;s mid-year natural disaster report. On the other hand, overall economic losses (which include insured &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Chairman Wenning to Retire at Year-End, Succeeded by Jurecka</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/07/23/832888.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re has named Dr. Christoph Jurecka (50) as chairman with effect from Jan. 1, 2026, succeeding Dr. Joachim Wenning (60), who has decided to retire at the end of the year. Jurecka has been with the group since 2011, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Above-Average Number of Storms Predicted for North Atlantic in 2025: Munich Re</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/06/03/826070.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Current climatic conditions suggest that there will be a slightly above-average number of storms in the North Atlantic during the 2025 hurricane season, according to Munich Re in its Hurricane Outlook 2025. However, Munich Re warned that this year&#8217;s outlook &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>European Utilities Rush to Hedge Against Acute Wind Drought</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/06/02/825751.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 05:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[After spending about $380 billion over the past decade to nearly double wind power capacity in Europe, utilities are now turning to an obscure and little-known market to protect themselves against a prolonged bout of calm weather. The wind drought &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cyberattack Surge Creates Opportunity for Insurers, Prompts Rethink on Premiums</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/05/28/825261.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 08:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A recent surge in high-profile cyberattacks is offering an opportunity for insurers including Munich Re AG and Chubb Ltd. to cash in from a rapidly expanding market — and prompting a rethink on premiums. As artificial intelligence makes attacks more &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>German Reinsurers Report Q1 Profits Down Sharply on Los Angeles Wildfire Claims</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/05/13/823433.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 10:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s largest reinsurers, Munich Re and Hannover Re, reported sharp declines in first-quarter profit on Tuesday after a combined 1.7 billion euros ($1.89 billion) in claims relating to the Los Angeles wildfires this year. The wildfires killed nearly 30 people &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cyber Insurance Market Size Expected to Soar: Munich Re</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/04/14/819668.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re said in a recent report it expects the global cyber insurance market to reach about $16.3 billion gross premiums in 2025, with continued growth that will have the market at more than $32 billion in 2023. In &#8220;Cyber &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Property/Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Likely to Stabilize During Midyear Renewals</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/03/14/815662.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Reinsurance renewal rates continued dropping during this year&#8217;s January renewals, but US property/catastrophe reinsurance pricing is likely to stabilize during the coming midyear renewals, according to a report from Moody&#8217;s Ratings. &#8220;The upcoming midyear 2025 reinsurance renewals, which focus on &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Faces $1.3 Billion in Claims From Los Angeles Wildfires</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/02/26/813404.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s Munich Re expects about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) in claims resulting from the Los Angeles wildfires, it said on Wednesday, representing the biggest loss reported so far by a single European reinsurer for the January catastrophe. The wildfires &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Smartwatches Measuring Mortality Risks Are New Tool for Insurers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/02/26/813401.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Smartwatches and other wearable technologies have the potential to change the pricing of life insurance policies by offering better data about individuals&#8217; mortality risk, according to a new report by reinsurance company Munich Re and analytics firm Klarity. The study &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Hit $140B as Climate Change &#8216;Shows Its Claws&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/01/09/807524.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Insurers saw the third most expensive year for natural catastrophe losses in 2024 – reaching a total of US$140 billion – as climate change &#8220;is showing its claws,&#8221; according to Munich Re. Overall economic losses from natural disasters worldwide reached &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munich Re Targets Net Profit of €6 Billion ($6.3 billion) for 2025</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/12/13/804660.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Munich Re is aiming for an IFRS net profit of €6 billion (US$6.3 billion) in 2025 as a result of &#8220;consistently good operational performance in all business segments.&#8221; It also expects good underwriting profitability with a combined ratio of 79% &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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