A flood of investment capital into structures linked to insurance could lead to instability and spark a new financial crisis if left unsupervised, a top official has warned.
Billions of dollars from investment funds has flooded into insurance-linked structures in recent years as an alternative to more traditional investments such as bonds which currently offer poor yields because interest rates are low.
This has allowed insurers and the reinsurance industry in particular to spread risk and drive down prices.
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