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November 27, 2012 Reprints

Agents & Brokers Catastrophes Risk Management More + Less -

The pluses and minuses of catastrophe modeling have been debated since models were first used by the insurance industry more than two decades ago. This essay beginning on page 9 of the August 2006 CPCU Society's Risk Management Quarterly raises questions that remain today.

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