US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates after long wait

The US Federal Reserve made its long-awaited cut on Wednesday after four years of increases. At a meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the group voted 11 to one for the change.

The changes to the market could affect insurers’ investment portfolios, which have been seeing healthy returns in the ‘higher for longer’ environment.

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