Total insurers investment portfolio in the UK 2004-2020
The highest value of investments on the domestic insurance market in the UK was seen in 2015, which totaled over two trillion euros. Insurance companies are one of the major pillars of the financial systems in economies worldwide. They are involved not only in their direct business, but also play a major role in country's overall financial investments and intermediation, mobilizing financial resources and channeling them into different investment avenues for productive use. As data presented on the graph illustrated, in 2011 the total amount of investment portfolio of all insurance companies in the UK amounted to over 1.62 trillion euros. This value grew steadily over time, to reach the level of 1.87 trillion euros in 2020.