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August 08, 2014 at 07:48 AM
(Bloomberg) — MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, said it has about $1 billion in investments in Russia and Ukraine amid a conflict among the European nations.
Cash and investments in Russia totaled $914 million as of June 30, New York-based MetLife said today in a quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Investments were $106 million in Ukraine. The holdings in the countries were mainly local sovereign debt and corporate bonds.
The insurer expanded outside the U.S. with the $16 billion purchase of American Life Insurance Co. in 2010. MetLife’s portfolio of $505 billion included available-for-sale investments of $119 billion in foreign corporate and sovereign debt as of June 30. MetLife added disclosure for the two countries and Argentina to a section of its filing that already listed holdings for nations like Greece and Portugal.
MetLife provides updates “where there have been changes in the political, regulatory environment,” John Calagna, a spokesman for the company said in an e-mail. “The purpose of this particular update is to address the current situations in these three countries and to point out they don’t have a material adverse effect” on the company’s financial condition.
The insurer said last week that results have been pressured in Russia, which has faced sanctions from the U.S. and other nations in a bid to halt President Vladimir Putin’s backing of rebels in Ukraine.
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