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The change, whose scope and financial impact are first reported here, will free up cash which insurers can use to write new policies, invest in their business, or boost their share price through dividends and stock buybacks, according to their financial disclosures and analysts who cover them. At least 23% of life insurers rated by credit ratings agency Fitch stand to benefit, because their interest rate maintenance reserves (IMR), which reflect gains or losses from interest rate changes, were negative as of the end of December. A negative IMR forces insurers to tap pots of money they would have otherwise spent on their business or returned to shareholders.
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