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Property/casualty (P/C) insurer cash and invested assets were $2.2 trillion in 2021. In 2021, P/C insurers invested 30 percent of their assets in stocks, and 53 percent in bonds.
($ millions, end of year)
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(1) Includes cash and net admitted assets of property/casualty insurers.
NA=Not applicable.
Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute.
Property/casualty insurers invest primarily in safe, liquid securities, mainly bonds. These provide stability against underwriting results, which can vary considerably from year to year. The majority of bonds are government issued or are high-grade corporates. Bonds in or near default accounted for less than 1 percent (0.13 percent) of all short- and long-term bonds owned by insurers at the end of 2020, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
(1) Cash and invested net admitted assets, as of December 31, 2021.
(2) Includes mortgage loans on real estate.
*Bonds represents 53.02% of total investments.
Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute.