Contents
- Cover
- AD: Philadelphia Insurance Companies
- Ransomware Raises Difficult Questions
- Contents
- Best's Calendar
- AD: AM Best's Insurance Information Feeds & Web Services
- Axis Capital Holdings Names Successor as President-CEO Benchimol Announces Retirement
- CEO of Munich Re US P&C Cos. & Munich Re US Holding Inc. Setps Down
- Munich Re Life US Hires CFO
- Convex Re names Deputy CEO, CUO
- SiriusPoint International Taps Successor to Retiring President and CEO
- Tokio Marine International Names CEO for Tokio Marine Europe
- WTW Hires Managing Director-Director of CRB for France
- Web Traffic: Visits to Cyber Insurers
- Chubb Group Names Company's First Global Climate Officer
- Allstate Names Chief Legal Officer-General Counsel-Corporate Secretary
- Locton Hires US General Counsel
- Axis Capital Holdings Hires Head of Cyber and Technology, London
- Masthead Forestay
- Internal Branding Plays an Important Role in Successful Marketing
- Digitalization, Informational Scale Create Integrated Interactions That Add Value
- AD: Best's Alert Service
- Issues & Answers: Evaluating Risk in the Evolving Cyber Market
- AD: Nationwide
- AM Best's Briefing: Workers' Comp Market Strong, but Inflation Could Be a Concern
- Cyber Dilemma: Insurers Face Evolving Ransomware, Demands as Attacks Escalate
- Best's Rankings: US Cyber Insurance - Top 20 Insurers - 2023 Edition
- Cyber Insurers, Brokers: Evolving Ransomware Calls for Vigilance
- Industry Sees Need for Federal Cyber Backstop, but What Model is Best?
- Ohio Supreme Court Rules Owners Insurance Won't Have to Cover Losses in Ransomware Attack
- Annuities Sales Grew Sharply in 2022; Strong Year in 2023 Possible
- AD: Connect with AM Best
- Best's Rankings: Largest Insurers - Total Annuities - 2023 Edition
- AD: Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio Model - P/C, US
- World's Largest Insurers - 2023 Edition: US Health Insurers Top List Based on Net Premiums Written
- Best's Rankings: World's Largest Insurance Companies - 2023 Edition
- Best's Rankings: World's Largest Insurance COmpanies - 2023 Edition
- AD: Best's State Rate Filings
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Complicate the D&O Market
- AD: AM Best
- Skyward Specialty Launches IPO
- Best's Rankings: Largest Surety Insurers - 2023 Edition
- Florida Insurance Reforms: Long-Term Relief on Horizon; Near-Term Headwinds Remain
- Growing Power-Washing Market Comes WIth Risks
- AD: Best's Underwriting Reports and Best's Loss Control Reports
- Best's Rankings: Cyber Rate Filings by Overall Effect Greater Than 40%
- AD: Best's News & Research Service
- Author: CEOs Must Connect Traditional Capacities, New Capabilities
- AD: AM Best Business Trilogy
- Workers' Comp Coaching App Responds to Injured Employees in Holistic Ways
- AD: Best's Credit Ratings Mobile App
- Top Audit and Actuarial Ranking Leads List of Best's Review Articles
- Trending Research Includes Reports on 9-Month US P/C and Life/Annuity Financial Results
- Panel to Discuss the Importance of Data Variables in the Insurance Industry
- The Importance of Data Variables to Benefit Insurance Consumers
- Always On: How Video Surveillance is Changing Liability and Damage Evaluation
- IMCA/AM Best Marketing Leader Lunch With HUB International's Ellina Shinnick
- AM Best's Briefing - Reinsurance: Roundtable Discussion on Renewals and What 2023 May Hold
- To Address Ever-Changing Cyberrisk, Flexibility in Coverage Is Key, Cowbell Executive Says
- Cowbell's Le: Cyberthreats Shift; So Should the Coverage
- AM Best: Inflation, Central Bank Policy, Sovereign Weakness Top 2023 Global Economic Concerns
- Swiss Re's Majewski: Health & Wellness Programs Beneifit Life Insurers
- Insurance Institute's Leonard: Stagflation Would Most Impact Auto, Homeowners
- Allianz Executive: Smooth Sailing for Marine Lines Growth in 2023 Despite Inflation
- Allianz's Soja: Favorable Results Should Continue in Marine Lines
- LexisNexis' Cesario: One-Quarter of All Claims Are a Total Loss
- Best's Credit Rating Actions
- AD: BestMark for Rated Insurers
- Acquisitions and Name, Ownership and Domiciliary Changes
- Preferred Publisher Program
- The Importance of Early Case Management in the Litigation Process
- AD: Best's Insurance Professional Resources
- Gallagher Re CEO: Grueling Reinsurance Renewals Could Haunt Carriers When Market Rebounds
- Howden: Jan. 1 Renewals Revealed Hardest P/C Reinsurance Market in a Generation
- Masthead Backstay
- As Catastrophic Weather Proliferates, Art Insurers Paint a Picture of Uncertainty for Capacity and Rates
- AD: Philadelphia Insurance Companies
- AD: Applied Underwriters
Author: CEOs Must Connect Traditional
Capacities, New Capabilities
Book examines how business leaders are adapting and
thriving in an era of disruption and transformation.
The Edge: How 10 CEOs Learned
to Lead
—
and the Lessons for Us
All
In today’s radically changing world, a leader’s job is
standing on the cliff edge,
getting a grip on unfamiliar
landscapes and acquiring the
skills for leading the enterprise
into new territory, said Michael
Useem, faculty director of the
Leadership Center and McNulty
Leadership Program at the
University of Pennsylvania’s
Wharton School, in his new
book,
The Edge: How 10 CEOs
Learned to Lead — and the
Lessons for Us All.
Following is an edited transcript of an AM Best TV
interview with Useem.
What principles do CEOs need to supplement
traditional leadership capacities?
Leaders still need to think strategically, decide decisively
and communicate persuasively. We also have to
honor the room, making sure everyone knows that
we appreciate how good they are. I spent time with
Progressive CEO Tricia Griffith, who began as an adjuster
and worked her way up. A few years back, Progressive’s
chief executive and board said, “Tricia, you’re good at
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adjusting, you understand people, you think strategically
and communicate persuasively. We’d like you to become
our CEO.” She accepted the promotion and like all people
who take a significant upward step in responsibility, she
appreciated that there won’t be a day when the decisions
in front of her will be easy.
She also concluded that her younger employees wanted
to be appreciated more for who they are and not just for
the mechanics of getting the job done. They sought to see
the CEO more personally and not perched in a high castle.
Thus, Griffith said, “When I meet people, I need to get off
the pedestal and be able to connect with them directly.”
And she did. When she entered a gathering hall to
address a group of new employees, there was no riser
or lectern. As she moved toward the front, she stopped
to greet a number of new employees, looked them in
their eyes and exchanged several words. By the time
she reached the front of the room, she had already
made a leadership statement louder than any words
she could utter. She is like them, she brings concerns,
she has a family and is happy to talk about it. Griffith
realized that sharing a sense of purpose, community and
approachability have become important elements of her
leadership.
How can leaders adapt and thrive in an era of
disruption and continuous transformation?
When things are going well, leadership is important.
When the world is changing and markets are disrupted,
our leadership calling is even greater. And how we do
that best now is a combination of what we learned in the
past and what we need to add for a different future.
—Lori Chordas
Lori Chordas
is a senior associate editor. She can be reached at
lori.chordas@ambest.com.
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Workers’ Comp Coaching App Responds
to Injured Employees in Holistic Ways
Travelers launched Wysa for Return to Work, a coaching app
that engages injured employees so they can learn resilience.
Workers’ Compensation
Coaching App
Workers’ compensation claims data shows that more
than 40% of employees who have missed workdays
due to injury have experienced a psychosocial barrier
to recovery. These barriers, which are unrelated to
the individual’s injury, can include fear, unrealistic
expectations, lack of sleep or minimal social support.
To help those employees, Travelers has launched Wysa
for Return to Work, a coaching app that responds to
the emotions expressed by an injured employee and
engages the employee with exercises to teach resilience,
according to Dr. Marcos Iglesias, chief medical director
for Travelers. Following is an edited transcript of an
interview with Iglesias.
How does the app work?
What it tries to do is build resilience. It does this by
offering different strategies, different skills that can
be learned on the app itself, that eventually help that
individual deal with their circumstances better. One
of the things, for example, that a lot of users do use
is the app’s instruction and help in sleeping better.
That’s a powerful thing that can help an individual
overcome their lack of sleep, their tiredness, their
fatigue. Maybe feel better about their recovery, have
less pain, be able to return to function a little bit more
quickly. That’s just one example of what the app can
do.
What was the inspiration for the app?
At Travelers, we have taken an approach that we call the
bio-psychosocial approach, or a holistic approach, to
helping injured employees to recover. We have always
thought that an individual’s physical health is important,
but what we’ve discovered over the last few years is that
their psychosocial well-being is very important to that
individual, to their recovery, to their function.
Psychosocial barriers may slow down or may prevent an
injured employee from recovering after an injury—things
like fear, something we call catastrophic thinking, an
unrealistic expectation of recovery, perceived injustice.
We know that addressing these makes a difference.
Why is it important for injured workers to have
this app?
I don’t think that every injured employee will need this
app or the support that the app provides. What we’ve
discovered is that about 40% of workers’ compensation
claimants have at least one of these psychosocial
barriers that we’ve talked about.
Because it reduces their satisfaction with the claim process,
because it delays recovery, we know that we can impact
the life of this employee who has a risk factor, who has a
barrier. What we do is we look for those individuals through
an interview process that our nurses are involved in.
—Tom Davis
Tom Davis
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5. Market Segment Outlook: Global Reinsurance
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1. Impact of Rising Interest Rates on Insurers’ Balance Sheets Will Depend on
Accounting Method Used
2. Florida Government Seeks to Repair Property Insurance Market
3. Embedded Insurance Gradually Gaining Traction
4. Florida Insurance Reforms: Long-Term Relief on Horizon; Near-Term Headwinds Remain
5. UK Solvency II Reform Likely to Drive Investment Portfolio Restructuring
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Panel to Discuss the Importance of Data
Variables in the Insurance Industry
Professionals also explore different ways to position brands and examine the
reinsurance sector amid the recent renewals.
Streaming Live
The Importance of Data Variables to
Benefit Insurance Consumers
A
panel of insurance industry experts, including
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the history of data variables used in the insurance
industry, how they benefit consumers and the current
regulatory landscape.
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Always On: How Video Surveillance
Is Changing Liability and Damage
Evaluation
I
nsurance, legal and claims experts examine how the
ubiquity of video capture and recording is opening
new avenues to claims evaluation, along with new
concerns over privacy, accuracy and standards
of evidence. Panelists include Daniel Herbert,
president/CEO, Three Griffins Inc.; Brian Schneider,
president, Schneider & Associates Claim Services;
Christopher Kende, partner, Hill, Betts & Nash LLP;
and Rachel Cooper, senior counsel, product liability
& regulation, McMillan LLP.
This complimentary
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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2 p.m. ET.
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officer for HUB International, discusses positioning
brands for differentiation, digital marketing, customer
engagement, building a marketing center of excellence,
and grounding a marketing strategy in data and insights
to drive new business revenue. Other panelists include
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Council member; Lee McDonald, group vice president,
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renewals with Liz Cunningham, chief executive
officer of Somers Re, and Aditya Dutt, president of
Aeolus Capital Management. Topics covered include
1:1 renewals—what we now know; changes in
reinsurer risk appetites; evolving business models—shift
away from property cat; increased role of delegated
underwriting authority enterprises; retro & ILS capacity;
and the outlook for 2023. The discussion also includes
moderator Anthony Diodato, managing director–global
reinsurance, and Carlos Wong-Fupuy, senior director–
global reinsurance, both of AM Best.
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To Address Ever-Changing Cyberrisk, Flexibility
in Coverage Is Key, Cowbell Executive Says
Also, professionals explore top global economic concerns for the new year
and discuss where stagflation would have the most impact.
On Demand
Cowbell’s Le: Cyberthreats Shift; So
Should the Coverage
T
heresa Le, chief claims
officer, Cowbell Cyber,
said the fast-changing nature
of cyberrisk means insurers
should be vigilant with flexible
coverage. Le spoke with AM
Best TV at the Joint Industry
Forum 2022 in New York City.
Theresa Le
AM Best: Inflation, Central Bank
Policy, Sovereign Weakness Top 2023
Global Economic Concerns
I
nflation is expected to slow,
global central banks will
likely become divergent and
continued credit downgrades
and potential defaults are
expected for some of the
most vulnerable countries
in the new year, said Ann
Modica, director, AM Best.
Swiss Re’s Majewski: Health & Wellness
Programs Benefit Life Insurers
H
eather Majewski, head
of Americas life & health
solutions at Swiss Re,
explains why life insurers
should engage with
policyholders participating
in health and wellness
programs and the benefits
for both.
Heather Majewski
Insurance Institute’s Leonard:
Stagflation Would Most Impact Auto,
Homeowners
M
ichel Leonard, chief
economist and
data scientist, Insurance
Information Institute, said
ongoing inflation has affected
insurers’ replacement costs,
driving up claims costs.
Leonard spoke with AM Best
TV at the Joint Industry Forum 2022 in New York City.
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Michel Leonard
Ann Modica
Allianz Executive: Smooth Sailing for Marine
Lines Growth in 2023 Despite Inflation
Also, AM Best Audio discusses the increasing need for a compressed time
frame to settle customer claims.
Allianz’s Soja: Favorable Results
Should Continue in Marine Lines
R
ich Soja, global head of inland marine and North
American head of marine at Allianz Global Corporate
and Specialty, said the marine lines should see
continuous growth in the year ahead despite inflation
and increasing reinsurance rates.
LexisNexis’ Cesario: One-Quarter of
All Claims Are a Total Loss
F
rank Cesario, director, claims, insurance,
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, said the rising number of
total losses requires a greater focus on compressing
the time frame to make customers “whole faster and
ensure we’re paying the right amount for the taxes
and fees.”
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Operating Companies
Company Name/
Ultimate ParentAMB#
CurrentPrevious
FSR
ICR
Outlook/
Implications
FSR
ICR
Outlook/
Implications
AMERICAS LIFE/HEALTH
LCitizens Security Life Insurance Company*006227
NRB++Stable
nrbbbStable
Commercial Travelers Life Insurance Co**
Dayforward Inc.
NRB+Stable
nrbbb-Stable
HElan Insurance Group, Inc.***062123
NRB+Stable
nrbbb-Stable
Farmers Life Insurance Company
Arrowhead Capital Group, LLC
B++StableNR
bbbStablenr
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Ins Co of NY
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
A-PositiveA-Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Co
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
A-PositiveA-Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance Company
Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance Company
B++ uDevelopingB++ uNegative
bbb uDevelopingbbb+ uNegative
IdeaLife Insurance Company
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
A-StableNR
a-Stablenr
Individual Assur Co, Life, Health & Acc
Homeshield Capital Co.
B++StableB+Stable
bbbStablebbb-Stable
Legal & General Reinsurance Co No.2 Ltd
Legal & General Group Plc
AStable
aStable
Mountain Life Insurance Company
Kentucky National Ins Grp, LLC
BStableB+Stable
bb+Stablebbb-Stable
National Security Insurance Company
VR Insurance Holdings, Inc.
B++NegativeB++ uDeveloping
bbbNegativebbb uDeveloping
PartnerRe Insurance Solutions BM Ltd
Société de Groupe d’Assurance Mut Covéa
A+StableNR
aa-Stablenr
Western Health Advantage
064577
BStableB+ uDeveloping
bb+Negativebbb- uDeveloping
AMERICAS PROPERTY/CASUALTY
Outlook
Change
AIG Assurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
002833
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
AIG Insurance Company of Canada
American International Group, Inc.
085727
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
AIG Insurance Company-Puerto Rico
American International Group, Inc.
003536
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
AIG Property Casualty Company
American International Group, Inc.
002349
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
AIG Specialty Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
003535
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
AIU Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
002389
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Initial
Rating
AM Specialty Insurance Company
AM Holding Company
020818
A-Stable
a-Stable
Outlook
Change
P
American Home Assurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
002034
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
*The ratings were affirmed at bbb/B++ on Dec. 14, 2022, and subsequently withdrawn.
**The ratings were reduced from bbb/B++ to bbb-/B+ on Dec. 22, 2022, and subsequently withdrawn.
***The ratings were affirmed at bbb-/B+ on Dec. 15, 2022, and subsequently withdrawn.
Outlook:
Positive, Negative, Stable.
Implications:
Positive, Negative, Developing.
Business Type: P
= Property/Casualty (Nonlife);
L
= Life;
H
= Health;
T
= Title;
C
= Composite.
Opinion Modifiers: u
= Under Review;
sf
= Structured Finance;
i
= Indicative Credit Rating Modifier;
s
= Syndicate Credit Rating Modifier
Rating
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Business
Type
Domicile
Rating
Withdrawal
Rating
Withdrawal
Rating
Withdrawal
Initial
Rating
Outlook
Change
Outlook
Change
DowngradeL
Initial
Rating
UpgradeL
Initial
Rating
DowngradeL
Rating
Affirmation
Initial
Rating
DowngradeH
Kentucky, USA
H
New York, USA
007361
U.S. Virgin Islands
L
Tennessee, USA
060262
L
New York, USA
007122
L
Iowa, USA
006384
Mississippi, USA
008081
L
Connecticut, USA
009326
Oklahoma, USA
008437
L
Bermuda
043091
Tennessee, USA
008354
L
Alabama, USA
006802
Ber
muda
L
071981
California, USA
P
Illinois, USA
P
Ontario, CAN
P
Puerto Rico, USA
P
Illinois, USA
P
Illinois, USA
P
New York, USA
P
Arizona, USA
New York, USA
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Ultimate ParentAMB#
CurrentPrevious
FSR
ICR
Outlook/
Implications
FSR
ICR
Outlook/
Implications
AMERICAS PROPERTY/CASUALTY (CONTINUED)
Outlook
Change
American International Reins. Co, Ltd
American International Group, Inc.
085197
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
DowngradeP
Antares Reinsurance Company Limited
Qatar Insurance Company Q.S.P.C.
092611
A-StableANegative
a-StableaNegative
Outlook
Change
PBadger Mutual Insurance Company000192
A-NegativeA-Stable
a-Negativea-Stable
Outlook
Change
Blackboard Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
022238
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
Blackboard Specialty Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
022237
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
UpgradeP
Bondex Insurance Company
Builders Insurance (A Mutual Captive Co)
013884
AStableB++ uPositive
aStablebbb uPositive
Initial
Rating
Building Industry Insurance Association
Builders Insurance (A Mutual Captive Co)
013885
AStableNR
aStablenr
Outlook
Change
Cerity Insurance Company
Employers Holdings, Inc.
020728
A-PositiveA-Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Outlook
Change
Chiron Insurance Company
Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company
020616
ANegativeAStable
aNegativeaStable
DowngradeP
Claverack Cooperative Insurance Company
Mid-Hudson Group
000305
B++StableA-Negative
bbb+Negativea-Negative
Outlook
Change
Commerce and Industry Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
004000
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
Employers Assurance Company
Employers Holdings, Inc.
012180
A-PositiveA-Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Outlook
Change
Employers Compensation Insurance Company
Emplo
yers Holdings, Inc.
012554
A-PositiveA-
Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Outlook
Change
Employers Insurance Company of Nevada
Employers Holdings, Inc.
012516
A-PositiveA-Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Outlook
Change
Employers Preferred Insurance Company
Employers Holdings, Inc.
011826
A-PositiveA-Stable
a-Positivea-Stable
Outlook
Change
Enumclaw Property & Casualty Ins Co
Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Holding Co
012511
A-StableA-Positive
a-Stablea-Positive
DowngradePFinger Lakes Fire and Casualty Company010695
AStableAStable
aStablea+Negative
First Acceptance Ins Co of Georgia
First Acceptance Corporation
012544
C++StableBStable
b+NegativebbStable
First Acceptance Ins Co of Tennessee
First Acceptance Corporation
013595
C++StableBStable
b+NegativebbStable
First Acceptance Insurance Company, Inc.
First Acceptance Corporation
011832
C++StableBStable
b+NegativebbStable
Fontana Reinsurance Ltd.
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd
074968
AStable
a+Stable
Fontana Reinsurance U.S. Ltd.
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd
074967
AStable
a+Stable
Granite State Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
002360
AStableAStable
aPositiveaStable
HDI Global Insurance Company
HDI V.a.G.
002878
A+StableAPositive
aa-Stablea+Positive
UpgradeP
HDI Specialty Insurance Company
HDI V.a.G.
023144
A+StableAPositive
aa-Stablea+Positive
Outlook
Change
Illinois National Insur
ance Co.
American International Group, Inc.
002361
A
Stable
AStable
aPositiveaStable
Outlook
Change
P
Insurance Company of State of PA
American International Group, Inc.
002035
AStableAStable
Illinois, USA
aPositiveaStable
Outlook:
Positive, Negative, Stable.
Implications:
Positive, Negative, Developing.
Business Type: P
= Property/Casualty (Nonlife);
L
= Life;
H
= Health;
T
= Title;
C
= Composite.
Opinion Modifiers: u
= Under Review;
sf
= Structured Finance;
i
= Indicative Credit Rating Modifier;
s
= Syndicate Credit Rating Modifier
Rating
Action
Business
Type
Domicile
C
Bermuda
Bermuda
Wisconsin, USA
P
Delaware, USA
P
Delaware, USA
New Jersey, USA
P
Virginia, USA
P
New York, USA
P
Iowa, USA
New York, USA
P
New York, USA
P
Florida, USA
Califor
nia, USA
P
P
Nevada, USA
P
Florida, USA
P
Oregon, USA
New York, USA
DowngradeP
Georgia, USA
DowngradeP
Tennessee, USA
DowngradeP
Initial
Rating
Initial
Rating
Outlook
Change
UpgradeP
Texas, USA
P
Bermuda
P
Bermuda
P
Illinois, USA
Illinois, USA
Illinois, USA
Illinois, USA
P
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