U.S. Insurer Exposure to Russia, Ukraine, and Oil/Gas Companies Declines from 2020 to 2021

Link: https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/capital-markets-special-reports-Russia-Ukraine-Oil-Gas-YE2021.pdf

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Total Russian and Ukraine sovereign and corporate debt was $813.3 million at year-end 2021,
representing 97% of total exposure; the remainder comprised $28.8 million in stocks (see Table 2).
While life companies accounted for the majority of the bond exposure at $683.9 million (or 84% of total
Russia and Ukraine bonds), property/casualty (P/C) companies accounted for almost all the Russia and
Ukraine stock exposure at $28 million. About 90% of U.S. insurers’ exposure to Russia and Ukraine
bonds and stocks was held by large companies, or those with more than $10 billion assets under
management.

Author(s): Jennifer Johnson, Michele Wong, Jean-Baptiste Carelus

Publication Date: 14 Apr 2022

Publication Site: NAIC Capital Markets Special Reports

U.S. Insurance Industry’s High-Yield Bond Exposure Grows Following COVID-19-Related Credit Deterioration in 2020

Link: https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/capital-markets-special-report-covid-related-credit-deterioration.pdf

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At year-end 2020, the U.S. insurance industry reported $286 billion in high-yield bond exposure,
an increase of just over 25% compared to year-end 2019 due in part to the broad-based credit
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

High-yield bonds accounted for 6.1% of the industry’s total bond exposure, the highest level in
more than 10 years and an increase from 5.1% at year-end 2019.

High-yield corporate bonds, asset-backed securities (ABS) and other structured securities, and
private-label commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) were the primary contributors to
the increase in high-yield exposure.

Author(s): Michele Wong and Jean-Baptiste Carelus

Publication Date: 6 August 2021

Publication Site: NAIC, Capital Markets Special Report