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Industry Watchers Predict Billion-Dollar Loss From Winter Storm Fern, Deep Freeze

A winter ice-and-snow event the weekend of Jan. 24-25 will likely leave billion-dollar insured losses in its wake, according to BMS Group Senior Vice President and Senior Meteorologist Andrew . . .

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