A flood of insurer reserve releases may be in store for the second half of this year, according to an investment bank analysis.

Morgan Stanley analyst William Wilt said one thing he gleaned from this week's earnings reports was that "different reserving philosophies are beginning to emerge."

For Chubb and St. Paul Travelers, reserve releases helped margins by 2.5 percent and 1.9 percent, respectively.

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