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Argo CFO: Acquisitions Would Be Great, but Price Hasn’t Been Right

Acquisitions can be a key growth strategy for specialty lines underwriter Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., but if the opportunities to buy just aren’t there the group will take a pass as it . . .

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