21 Canadian Life & Health Insurance Facts // 2020 Edition
Insurers are a significant source of long-term
investments
How insurers invest
insurance
cost
of stable industry
investment is driving
economic growth
and innovation across
Canada. What the
industry earns from
these investments
helps reduce the
cost of insurance for
Canadians.
$
860B
of insurers' assets are held
in long-term investments
90%
The long-term nature
of insurers' liabilities
is especially well
suited to financing
infrastructure
investments
Infrastructure
investments
$
52B
Provincial, territorial &
municipal government bonds
$
121B
Federal government
bonds
$
26B
Insurers' investments support the economy
and governments
