Net reserve releases by insurers may boost their earnings in 2006 for the first time in several years, said one leading property-casualty insurance analyst.
Morgan Stanley analyst William Wilt wrote this morning that “volatile loss reserves, long a thorn in the side of insurance investors, appear to have passed the tipping point in 2006.”
“Chronic deficiencies have likely turned to redundancies for most companies and earnings in 2006 may actually receive a boost from net reserve releases rather than face a headwind from reserve additions,” he wrote.
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