Insurers expect to slow purchases of high-grade corporate debt and hold more cash over the next two years, potentially squeezing already low returns, BlackRock Inc. said.
The wildfires ravaging Northern California may be the costliest for the insurance industry in more than two decades by the time the blazes are controlled.
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