Reinsurers look to underwriting results as investment yields fall

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The investment returns achieved by reinsurers have fallen significantly during 2012 as Eurozone fears drive a flight to higher grade securities perceived as less risky, according to Guy Carpenter.

"Reinsurers are more conservatively invested now than at any time in recent memory with low exposure to European peripheral sovereign debt and low equity gearing," said the report by global head of

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