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Best’s News & Research Service subscription required - August 10, 2009 09:25 AM (EDT)

Perspectives: Why Model Behavior Doesn't Always Make Sense

It might come as a shock to hear Karen Clark, who created the first catastrophe model in the 1980s, caution insurers against relying on cat models too much.

Even billionaire Warren Buffett . . .

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