Adding to a recent drumbeat of news about falling insurance prices, a management firm said today that the property-casualty insurance market will stay soft in 2008 and rates for some lines could decline up to 10 percent.

Premiums "are expected to either decline or remain flat," according to actuarial and risk management experts at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, consulting firm.

The company said insured companies may see enhancements in some coverage, particularly for directors' and officers' liability insurance, and can expect this trend to continue.

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