NU Online News Service, June 14, 3:55 p.m. EDT

Chubb, FM Global and W.R. Berkley Corp. were the strongest financial performers over the last decade, according to a special report of U.S. property and casualty insurers by Fitch Ratings.

Fitch based its ranking on five measures of performance--underwriting margin, net profit margin, operating cash flow, return on surplus and internal capital formation--used to analyze the 25 largest market participants from 2000 to 2009.

Chubb finished within or very near the top five companies in each category. FM Global came in with the highest marks in underwriting margin, with about 23 percent.

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