Mercury General takes $36mn Q4 Cali wildfires hit

Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corporation has become the latest carrier to preannounce Q4 catastrophe losses, with a $36mn pre-tax hit primarily from California wildfires that will not trigger its cat reinsurance programme after it raised its retention at 1 July last year.

 

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