EIOPA Data: EEA Insurers Hold €1.185trn in Private Assets, 11% of Total
EEA insurers’ private assets hit €1.185trn (11% of assets) at end-2025, per EIOPA — private equity now outweighs private credit as the bigger exposure.
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Patrice Dumont
Senior reporter at InsuraBeat leading coverage of insurance regulation, executive moves, and the insurtech landscape across EMEA and APAC. Fifteen years straddling regulation and trade journalism: began in the legal team of a French insurance industry body, advising members on Solvency II implementation and product approvals, then moved to specialised insurance media to cover EIOPA, NAIC and IAIS work and prudential reform. Graduate of the Pan-Asian School of Governance and Regulatory Affairs (Singapore), with an LL.M. in Insurance Prudential Law and Cross-Border Compliance from the Nihon-Siam Institute of Legal Studies (Bangkok). Writes from Brussels, on European afternoon markets.
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