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French insurers’ investments: adapting to the crisis and the latest challenges
[Les placements des assureurs s’adaptent à la crise et aux nouveaux défis]

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  • Frédéric Ahado
  • Liliana Arias
  • Gaëlle Capitaine
  • Élodie Ferrand-Tenot
  • Ikram Megdiche
  • Côme Roero

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Despite a context moulded by the health crisis, at the end of 2020, insurers’ investments in France had risen by EUR 39 billion year-on-year to EUR 2,852 billion. French insurers continued to favour high quality securities. The low interest rate environment further encouraged insurers to move into diversification assets with real estate and structured securities, for example, accounting for almost 15% of their investments. Lastly, green, socially responsible and solidarity-labelled instruments amounted to almost 5% of investments. The trend seen during the final three quarters of 2020 continued during the first half of 2021, with both net investments and valuations on the rise. Malgré un contexte marqué par la crise sanitaire, les placements des assureurs établis en France ont augmenté de 39 milliards d’euros en 2020, atteignant 2 852 milliards d’euros en fin d’année. Les assureurs français continuent de privilégier les titres de haute qualité. Le contexte de taux bas les incite à s’orienter davantage vers des actifs de diversification tels que l’immobilier et les titres structurés, qui représentent désormais près de 15 % des placements. Enfin, les placements verts, socialement responsables ou solidaires, atteignent près de 5 % des placements. Le premier semestre 2021 a prolongé la tendance des trois derniers trimestres 2020, avec une progression tant des placements nets que des valorisations.

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  • Frédéric Ahado & Liliana Arias & Gaëlle Capitaine & Élodie Ferrand-Tenot & Ikram Megdiche & Côme Roero, 2021. "French insurers’ investments: adapting to the crisis and the latest challenges [Les placements des assureurs s’adaptent à la crise et aux nouveaux défis]," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 238.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:bullbf:2021:238:08
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