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KCC CEO: Wildfire Risk Models Face Test as California Blazes Match Dire Predictions

Karen Clark, chief executive officer of modeling firm KCC, said January's Los Angeles wildfires validated catastrophe models that predicted $30-$50 billion losses. Clark spoke with AM Best TV at . . .

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