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title: Solvency and systemic risk of European life insurers
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/boe-boeewp-023290/
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updated: 2026-10-02
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:boe:boeewp:023290
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:boe:boeewp:023290
featured: 2026-10-02
citations: unknown
topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
---


# Solvency and systemic risk of European life insurers

The research distinguishes solvency risk from systemic risk in European life insurers, finding growing systemic risk exposure since 2007 and evidence of interconnectedness with banks that intensifies during financial stress.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:boe:boeewp:023290
- Identifier: RePEc:boe:boeewp:023290
- Released: 2026-10-02
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 133 (2026-10-02): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-02/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
- Authors: Somnath Chatterjee, David Humphry

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