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  Towers Watson Survey: Insurers worries ahead of debt deal

  August 10, 2011 - posted by David Walker - 221 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  A survey of thirty-five senior executives in the U.S. insurance industry, carried out by professional services firm Towers Watson on July 28-29, found that U.S. insurers were concerned about short and long term interest rates, a fall in the equity marke...
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  Standard & Poors downgrades U.S. Sovereign Credit rating

  August 10, 2011 - posted by David Walker - 152 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  For the first time in modern history, Standard & Poors (S&P), the independent provider of credit ratings, cut the United States AAA long term Sovereign credit rating to AA+.  Until now, the U.S. had maintained its best credit rating since i...