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Using New Wildfire Model, Mercury General Seeks 6.9% Overall California Homeowners Rate Hike

Mercury Insurance seeks a 6.9% overall average rate hike under a filing that includes a forward-looking wildfire catastrophe model in California for the first time. . . .

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