Magazine date:
Mar 2020 Breakdown of local life insurance companies’2018 assets per investment instrument or vehicle (in%)
| Country | Public sector | Equity | Cash and deposits | Land and buildings | UCITS (1) | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bonds | bonds | ||||||
Mexico | 87.6 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
Canada | 32.7 | 60.8 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | - | 0.2 |
Greece | 89.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
Portugal | 56.5 | 32.1 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 0.7 |
Hungary | 83.2 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 1.3 |
Italy | 58.0 | 26.5 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | - | 10.9 |
Spain | 55.5 | 26.9 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 6.5 |
Colombia | 43.1 | 37.0 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
Lithuania | 59.3 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
El Salvador | 27.9 | 50.4 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | - | 7.5 |
Peru | 21.9 | 54.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
Iceland | 53.9 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 0.0 |
United States | 48.0 | 24.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | - | 21.3 |
Russia | 37.6 | 34.3 | 1.2 | 20.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.5 |
Poland | 67.4 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 15.7 | 2.8 |
Japan | 49.9 | 20.1 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | - | 19.0 |
France | 33.5 | 35.0 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 15.3 | 4.3 |
Ireland | 43.7 | 24.5 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
Malaysia (2) | 65.8 | 15.7 | 4.5 | 2.2 | - | 11.8 | |
Argentina | 44.5 | 21.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 23.6 | 8.9 |
United Kingdom | 24.9 | 40.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 9.4 | 19.9 |
Finland (2) | 59.4 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 13.6 | 5.4 | |
Bolivia | 29.5 | 29.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 |
Chile | 2.6 | 56.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 16.4 | 7.0 | 14.0 |
Australia (2) | 58.7 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 10.6 | - | 2.3 | |
Sri Lanka | 42.9 | 14.9 | 3.1 | 15.9 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 17.9 |
Switzerland | 23.2 | 29.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 20.0 |
Belgium | 30.8 | 21.6 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 22.5 |
Netherlands | 36.5 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 37.7 |
Norway | 7.4 | 40.2 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 23.1 | 13.2 |
Germany (2) | 47.5 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 36.2 | 9.3 | |
South Korea | 39.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | - | 46.1 |
Brazil | 39.6 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 53.4 | 3.6 |
Austria | 18.0 | 20.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 55.7 | 3.2 |
Sweden (2) | 37.4 | 34.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 15.3 | 7.5 | |
Turkey | 31.3 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 59.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
Indonesia | 24.4 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 33.8 | 0.9 |
Denmark (2) | 34.2 | 42.4 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 12.2 | |
Luxembourg | 5.5 | 15.7 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 29.0 |
(1) Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities
(2) Bonds of public and private sectors
Source: OECD statistics
Read also | Insurers’ investments [4]