** Shares of financial guaranty insurance provider Assured Guaranty AGO.N slide as much as 8%, hitting their lowest in four months
** Stock last down 5.3% at $87.29
** AGO on Thursday posted fourth-quarter adjusted operating income below Street expectations, after beating estimates in the previous five quarters
** Miss came due to net economic loss development of $17 million in the fourth quarter, driven by healthcare and UK regulated utility exposures
** Brokerage KBW says premiums, investment income and buybacks all came in strong, but the credit-driven earnings miss would garner a negative stock reaction
** AGO stock down 3% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com))
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