61.   Insurers and banks benefit from low interest rates because they tend to increase the value of their large bond portfolios.

62.   Insurers, which have large bond investment portfolios, gained.

63.   Insurance companies and banks are often sensitive to swings in bond yields because they hold large bond portfolios.

64.   Insurers are hurt by a decline in bonds because it devalues their large bond portfolios.

65.   Insurers benefit from low rates, which boost the value of their large bond portfolios.

66.   Insurers, which hold big bond portfolios, are hurt when bond prices fall.

67.   Insurers, which hold large bond portfolios, were boosted by a rise in bonds.

68.   It also includes emerging-market debt in its regular bond portfolios.

69.   Komercni officials said the bond portfolio was convenient for taxes and denied speculation the bank was attempting to control the bond market.

70.   Low rates will mean a steady stream of lending profits for banks and support for their large bond portfolios.