Insurers pondering 2007 investments must deal with a murky interest situation, according to Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.

Mr. Hartwig's comments came as A.M. Best Co. in Oldwick, N.J., said in a report that despite the best intentions of the Federal Reserve this year, interest rates may still rise.

According to Best, even with weakening business activity, inflation and dollar difficulties have the potential both to frustrate the Fed's effort to suppress interest rates and to push long-term interest rates higher.

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