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As banks spurn risk, insurers emerge as financial supermarkets
But they may not have the loan-underwriting expertise of long-time lenders
Published Thu, Jul 28, 2016 · 09:50 PM
New York
WHEN all else fails, lend.
That's the strategy of some of the biggest US insurers as they seek higher returns in an investment universe where buying bonds sometimes means guaranteed losses.
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