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<p>Nate Silver <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/10/why-insurance-industry-is-fighting-mad.html">looks at</a> their motivation:</p>
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<p>Weighted for market capitalization, these insurance stocks have lost 11 percent of their value since Labor Day, wiping out about $10 billion in value. And that&#39;s understating the case since the major indices have gained 5-8 percent over the same period &#8212; the insurance industry stocks are underperforming the market by just shy of 20 percent.</p>
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