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Tasmania Walks Back State Insurer in Favor of Authority, Potential Stressed Lines Pools

The Tasmanian government has walked back plans to create a state-owned carrier offering personal and some commercial insurance lines in favor of a nonprofit statutory authority tasked with . . .

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