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Lackluster Underwriting Results Lead List of Reasons Insurance Layoffs Proliferate, Industry Watchers Say

A wave of industry layoffs during the past year has been precipitated by lackluster underwriting results as claims costs shot up, hitting personal lines writers hardest. Other factors have . . .

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