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The inherent skill and unifying philosophy of the insurance industry is based on a fatalistic acceptance that even the most unlikely event has a nasty habit of happening when you least expect it.
Equally, even if a specific type of event is predicted to occur, but only infrequently, the industry's job is to prepare for the very real risk that nature and man will conspire to increase that
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