EIOPA publishes factsheet on European (re)insurers’ exposures to private credit and private equity
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EIOPA publishes a statistical factsheet on EEA (re)insurers' investment in private assets, which totalled €1.185 trillion at end-2025, around 11% of total assets. Private credit accounts for 5.0% and private equity for 6.3%.
Key points
- Over two-thirds of private credit is mortgages and loans
- 20.6% of private equity is in unlisted German companies
- Life insurers are the most exposed, at 23.1% of their investments; unit-linked business has little
Who is affected
Insurers, reinsurers, private asset managers and supervisors
Plain-language version
EIOPA, the EU watchdog for insurers and pension plans, estimates that at the end of 2025 European insurers held 1.185 trillion euros in private assets, meaning loans and stakes in companies not listed on the stock market: 11% of all their investments. Life insurers are the most exposed, at 23.1% of their investments.
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