The Growing Usage of ETFs by Insurers

By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA Insurers held just $19 billion in ETF assets at the end of 2016 — a minuscule portion of the $6 trillion in insurance general account assets. Moreover, some 75% of these assets were in equity ETFs, despite insurers’ asset allocation strategies that tilt heavily toward fixed income investments. Yet, growth in the…Click to read more at ETFtrends.com.