This New Definition Could Hurt Some Annuity Issuers’ Safety Scores
March 4, 2025 by Allison Bell
State insurance regulators’ new rules for grading insurers’ investments could hurt some life and annuity issuers’ “risk-based capital ratios,” or safety scores.
Helen Zhou Remeza, head of insurance investment strategies at PineBridge Investments, writes about the possibility in a new commentary on insurers’ portfolios.
Overall, U.S. life insurers have a “strong liquidity profile, limited policyholder surrender risk, and expertise in asset-liability management,” Remeza writes.
Originally Posted at Think Advisor on February 2, 2025 by Allison Bell.
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