AM Best has assigned a negative market segment outlook to the Spanish life insurance market. Key supporting factors include AM Best's expectation of a negative impact on earnings and solvency metrics due to the financial market volatility and global recession driven by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a reduced demand for savings products and an increased risk of corporate bond default due to the deteriorating economic conditions.
A new Best's Market Segment Report, titled, "Market Segment Outlook: Spain Life," notes that these negative factors are partly moderated by strong market fundamentals going into the COVID-19 crisis, including robust profitability and strong levels of capitalisation and liquidity. In addition, assets and liabilities are generally closely matched, reducing Spanish life insurers' sensitivity to interest rate movements.
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