Fitch: 2010 U.S. Life Insurance Statutory Trends May Help Return Industry Outlook to Stable

Submitted by Kathleen McGrath on Mon, 05/17/2010

Fitch Ratings expects 2010 statutory earnings and capital trends to strengthen from 2009 levels primarily as a result of a reduction in realized investment losses. Stronger earnings and capital trends, along with continued signs of a sustained improvement in the economy and confidence that losses on commercial real estate (CRE) related assets will be contained within Fitch's base case loss estimates, may result in a possible revision of the life insurance industry's outlook to stable from negative.

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