What Do U.S. Life Insurers Invest in?
Robert McMenamin, Anna Paulson, Thanases Plestis, Richard J. Rosen
Researchers at the Chicago Fed Insurance Initiative are analyzing the role that the insurance industry plays in financial markets and the economy as a whole. This article presents an overview of life insurers’ financial asset holdings, the industries they invest in, and how the value of their investments would change if there was a large negative shock to asset values.
