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Liberty Mutual Responds to S&P's Rating Downgrade to 'A-'

National News • September 26, 2008
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is not pleased by Standard & Poor's announcement that it was lowering the Company's financial strength rating from 'A' to 'A-' with a stable outlook, following ...

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Posted On: October 1, 2008, 5:01 am CDT
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CINCINNATI - Property and casualty insurer Cincinnati Financial Corp. said Tuesday its 2008 results will be hurt by investments in troubled financial institutions Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG.

The company said it is making "modest revisions" to its full-year outlook as a consequence of recent events, including the economy's decline. It said it will disclose more specifics at an investor conference later this week and at investor meetings next week.

Full-year investment income is now expected to decline more than 10 percent from 2007, the company said.

President and CEO Kenneth Stecher also said in the statement that continued pressure on the economy and insurance prices is weighing on its property and casualty business. He said the company's earlier estimate that full-year 2008 premiums would decline no more than 5 percent now appears overly optimistic, although he did not provide a new estimate.
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Sep 29, 2008, 1:33 pm
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Sep 29, 2008, 1:08 pm
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Sep 29, 2008, 11:23 am
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Sep 29, 2008, 8:32 am
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Sep 26, 2008, 4:13 pm
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Sep 26, 2008, 2:13 pm
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