Battling the big squeeze: How insurers are protecting profitability
In recent years, some insurers’ profits have suffered as they navigated historically low interest rates and challenging new regulatory and accounting rules. BlackRock's sixth annual report on the industry – 'Battling the big squeeze: How insurers are protecting profitability' – reveals that, for many, years of changes in areas such as underwriting and operating cost reductions have not increased profitability as much as hoped.
The results of the survey, which was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, show insurers rethinking their investment portfolios as a vital step toward improving future profitability.
Key findings from a survey of 300 global insurance executives:
Insurers’ anxieties over macro and market risks are at multi-year highs.
Insurers are reluctant to increase their investment risk budget but see opportunities to optimise its underlying components.
Insurers envision a more prominent role for non-traditional asset classes.
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