Report title: US Health Insurers' Outlook Changed to Negative
from Fitch Research
4 page (2201 word) report published Jul 09, 2008

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...Fitch Ratings has changed its outlook on the US health/managed care insurance sector (the sector) to negative from stable. This ch ange reflects Fitch s expectations of lower earnings for the sector for the remainder of 2008 and continuing into 2009. The negative outlook implies that Fitch an ticipates more downward rating actions relative to positive rating actions over the next 12 -18 months. The rationale for the negative outlook is supported by the following: Operating performance to date in 2008 indicates that several market participants are either willing to be aggressive in pricing or the improved predictive underwriting capabilities demonstrated over the past decade are not as strong as Fitch previously considered. Ei ther case is not favorable. ...

Report Type: Special Report
Company(ies): Aetna Health Inc (Nj), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, CIGNA Corporation, Coventry Health Care, Inc., Group Health Cooperative, Health Care Service Corporation, Health Net, Inc, HealthMarkets, Inc., HIP Health Plan of New York, Humana Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Trustmark Corporation, UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint, Inc.
Ticker(s): CI , CVH , HNT , HUM , TRMK , UNH , WLP
Issuer: UICI
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