Most U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers Have Little Subprime Mortgage Exposure

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...Based on a review of statutory filings, an d Moody s surveys of rated insurers, the exposure of US property and casualty insurance and reinsurance firms to potential losses and volatility from subprime-related investments appears modest. The vast majority of US insurers have either no exposure or non-material exposure to the subprime mortgage sector. Only a handful of property and casualty insurers have meaningful levels of investments in instruments exposed to subprime mortgage risk, though even in these cases, the am ounts are relatively moderate as a percentage of shareholders equity. This conclusion is consistent with our op inion that property and casualty insurers tend to generally maintain conservative in vestment portfolios, choosing to take risk on the liability side of the balance sh eet, rather than the asset side. ...

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