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Mercury Insurance Grows Calif. Homeowners Share as Science Exec Calls Wildfire 'Solvable Problem'

The catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires have encouraged Mercury Insurance to lean even more into the California market, according to Senior Director of Climate and Catastrophe Science Steve . . .

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