U.S. insurance company failures both in number and asset value have dropped dramatically in the past year, according to a new report from Standard & Poor's.

Not only has the total count fallen, but asset value of the top five failures last year of $112 million represents a dramatic decrease for the comparable figure of $5.3 billion for the previous year.

“Such favorable trends, however, are not sustainable over the long term,” the report stated.

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