Last year showed positive results in terms of credit spreads, asset impairments, equity market performance, balance sheet and product de-disking, and access to the capital markets and overall risk management.
U.S. life and health insurers will be impaired by mortgage loan delinquency levels, which remain above pre-crisis levels, and delinquencies of subprime loans, which remain elevated.
The quality of capital for the entire industry has eroded because of life insurers’ decision to monetize hidden capital on companies’ statutory balance sheets such as bonds and stocks.
業界全体の資本の質は生命保険会社が企業の法定貸借対照表から社債や株式といった隠し資本を収益化すると決めたことで徐々に蝕まれてきている。
米国の生命保険と健康保険は、危機以前の水準を上回っている住宅ローンの延滞レベルと、サブプライムローンの延滞率が高いままであることにより損害を与えられる。
業界全体の資本の質は、生命保険会社の債券や株式などの企業の法定貸借対照表に隠された資本に法的価値を与える決定をしたことによって蝕まれています。
The increase of financial leverage and contributed proceeds to organizations’ operating companies improved capital measures, yet reduced future financial flexibility for the operating companies.
The December 2010 rise in interest rates may moderate the level of unrealized gains recorded in insurers’ fixed-income portfolios when year-end numbers are reported, the organization said.
Life insurers’ use of risk management and their attempt to curtail sales of capital-intensive and interest-sensitive products will prepare them if interest rates increase or remain at the same low rates.