Solvency II Wire Data “mega charts” help to illustrate this.
As expected, the balance sheet is dominated by exposure to government and corporate bonds (see charts below).
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Corporate bond exposure – 200 German insurers[/caption]
Yet, once these are stripped away, insights into the remaining asset classes can be observed.
Sorting the data by exposure to property, for example, gives an indication of just how small a portion of the overall portfolio it occupies. This may prove useful given the ongoing drive across Europe to get insurers to invest both in the real economy and infrastructure projects.
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Property exposure – 200 German insurers[/caption]
The picture is brought into sharper focus by removing the bond exposures from the chart … THE ARTICLE CONTINUES ON Solvency II Wire Data (free to access, registration required).
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