Regulators Say Rising Rates Could Ding Life Insurers’ Mortgage Investments

March 1, 2023 by Allison Bell

Higher interest rates should improve yields on new mortgages and mortgage-backed securities, but they could hurt the value of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities already in life insurers’ investment portfolios.

Jennifer Johnson and Michele Wong, analysts at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Capital Markets Bureau, gave that assessment in a new analysis of the impact of rising interest rates on insurers’ investments.

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Originally Posted at ThinkAdvisor on February 24, 2023 by Allison Bell.