Bank of Marin falls on Q2 loss, bigger related loan-loss provisions
** U.S. regional lender Bank of Marin's BMRC.O shares fall 7.3% to $20.73
** Company reports Q2 loss of $1.36/shr vs profit of $0.28/shr a year earlier
** BMRC's provision for credit losses on loans surges to $5.2 mln in Q2 vs $350,000 in Q1
** Bank says provision largely due to increased individual reserve for one non-owner occupied commercial real estate (CRE) loan totaling $16.7 mln
** BMRC's ratio of allowance for credit losses to total loans increased to 1.47% in Q2 vs 1.24% at end of Q1
** "Overall credit quality remains solid, and we are not seeing anything beyond idiosyncratic issues in our loan portfolio" - CFO Tani Girton
** U.S. banks have boosted provisions for credit losses as deteriorating CRE loans and high interest rates fuel fears of defaults in Q2
** CRE portfolios have been central to investor worries since stress earlier this year at peer New York Community Bancorp NYCB.N
** Including session loss, Bank of Marin shares down ~6% YTD
Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru
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