If you read the article, it is due to real estate losses. Insurance companies are heavily regulated as to what they can invest their surpluses in – mortgages have traditionally been one of the strongholds.
What do reduced profits usually mean? I think the last 5 years of relative rate stability are going to give way to some rate hikes. Insurers are required to have certain ratios of money in reserve to pay claims.
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