NU Online News Service, Aug. 26, 2:28 p.m. EDT

Insurers' uncertainty over future performance of their loss-riddled investment portfolios will increase their demand for underwriting profits to meet earnings objectives, a rating service said.

In a report titled "Property/Casualty Insurer Investment Risk and Performance," Fitch Ratings in Chicago said that in order to achieve return objectives in the future, there will need to be "a higher imperative for insurers to produce strong underwriting profits."

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