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W.R. Berkley CEO: Large Standard Lines Writers Offering Some Overly Generous Casualty Rate Cuts

Large standard lines carriers are going after "marginal" casualty business at rates far lower than necessary, according to W.R. Berkley Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer W. Robert "Rob" . . .

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