The average time from claims report to inspection ranged from three days for Arch Insurance Group, with 242 commercial claims, to 20 days for State Farm with 55, 592 claims, noting its wide array of claims, complexity and damage severity.

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The proposal may have gotten an unexpected boost in February when an asteroid exploded over Russia, injuring more than 1, 000 people, causing millions of dollars in damage and sparking fresh concerns about the severity of space threats.

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