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Insurance Council of Australia: Rising Emergency Services Tax Pushes Policyholders to Drop Coverage

Australia's most populous state needs to revise a sharply rising emergency services tax on property insureds that pushes policyholders to reduce or drop coverage, according to Insurance Council of . . .

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