Low global interest rates will continue to put pressure on insurers' profitability and solvency, according to investor services firm Moody's . This is despite a rise in rates since this year . 3. Although the impact on life insurers' profits will be limited, the investment income of the global life insurance industry will decline by $ 40bn to $ 40bn the third quarter of 2016 and is something that will be felt by policy holders, predicted MJKK , vice-president and senior credit officer at Moody's . He added that global non-life insurers' investment income is also likely to decline in the third quarter of 2016 by about $5bn to $15bn .
Low global interest rates will continue to put pressure on insurers' profitability and solvency, according to investor services firm Moody's . This is despite a rise in rates since this year . Although the impact on life insurers' profits will be limited, the investment income of the global life insurance industry will decline by $ 40bn to $ 40bn the third quarter of 2016 and is something that will be felt by policy holders, predicted MJKK , vice-president and senior credit officer at Moody's . He added that global non-life insurers' investment income is also likely to decline in the third quarter of 2016 by about $5bn to $15bn .