US/EUROPE - Life insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are coming under pressure in the wake of falling stock markets and corporate bond defaults.
In the US Moody’s has calculated that US life assurers have US$23bn of exposure to companies that have recently defaulted or are now experiencing credit problems. “Insurers holding these bonds h...
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