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Wisconsin Professor: Climate Shocks Push Insurers to Rethink Small-Business Coverage

Benjamin Collier, associate professor, risk and insurance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses research he co-authored on Hurricane Harvey, showing how severe climate events strain small . . .

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