Allstate said that starting in 2003, Countrywide quietly decided to boost market share and ignore its own underwriting standards by approving any mortgage product that a competitor was willing to offer, in a "proverbial race to the bottom."
Countrywide then passed on the added risks to investors who bought debt backed by the mortgages, Allstate said.
Read more in Reuters.
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