** UBS estimates investment holdings of U.S. property and casualty (P&C) insurers will
positively impact book value per share (BVPS) - a metric to evaluate stock price, in Q1
** UBS expects positive impact on BVPS will be ~5% on average for U.S. P&C insurers under
brokerage's coverage universe
** American International Group AIG.N , RenaissanceRe Holdings RNR.N , Allstate Corp
ALL.N , and Travelers Companies TRV.N are the most positively impacted by favorable
investment holdings, says UBS
** Adds AIG will benefit the most
** So far this year, as of last close, AIG, ALL and TRV down 20.3%, 18.2% and ~8.6%
respectively, while RNR up 8.7%
(Reporting by Siddarth S in Bengaluru)
((Siddarth.s@thomsonreuters.com))