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The tornados that wreaked havoc through the South this past weekend were an insurance catastrophe event, said Property Claim Services, a unit of Insurance Services Office, in Jersey City, N.J.

While no insured loss totals were available, PCS generally declares a catastrophe when there is an insured loss of more than $25 million and an impact on a significant number of policyholders and insurance carriers.

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