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Claims Reach 18,174 for Australian Christmas Storms; Catastrophe Is Declared

The Insurance Council of Australia raised its claims total to 18,174 for a series of storms that hit parts of Australia beginning Dec. 23 and declared the event an “insurance catastrophe” as . . .

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