Life insurance assets transferred to private equity insurers

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
1 trillionUSD
estimate

Global · as of 27 May 2024

Life insurance assets transferred to private equity insurers stood at 1 trillion USD as of 27 May 2024 (Swiss Re).

Original source
Publisher
Swiss Re
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Figure 6. European life insurance industry portfolio allocations, 2017-22
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

We estimate that more than USD 1 trillion of life assets have transferred to PE-owned insurers globally since 2009.

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APA
Swiss Re Institute. (2024). sigma 2/2024: Life insurance in the higher interest rate era. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-02-life-annuity-insurance.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q63H
MLA
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 2/2024: Life insurance in the higher interest rate era." 2024, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-02-life-annuity-insurance.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q63H.
Chicago
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 2/2024: Life insurance in the higher interest rate era." 2024. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-02-life-annuity-insurance.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q63H.
BibTeX
@misc{swissre2024lifew6q63h, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 2/2024: Life insurance in the higher interest rate era}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q63H}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-02-life-annuity-insurance.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
sigma 2/2024: Life insurance in the higher interest rate era
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Figure 6. European life insurance industry portfolio allocations, 2017-22
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
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