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Moody's: US administration's proposals for financial sector overall positive for US life insurers

New York, February 23, 2017-- Anticipated proposals by the new administration, which advocate changes to the financial sector via lower corporate tax rates and reduced regulation against a backdrop of higher interest rates, will have meaningful positive credit impact on US domiciled life insurers, Moody's Investors Service says in "Life Insurance-- US: Positive Tax, Regulatory and Rate Signals Give Boost to Credit Prospects." "Although it is not certain how and when these changes...
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