Civil and legal regulation of investment activities of life insurance companies

Abstract

The paper is devoted to some features of the investment activity by life of insurance companies, as well as their civil law regulation. Attention is focused on the fact that life and health insurance is a direction of non-state pension provision in the context of pension reform in Ukraine. A range of questions from potential consumers of insurance services in the field of life and health insurance regarding the investment activity of insurers, methods and means of placing investments, their legal regulation, guarantees of the integrity and safety of accumulation under the life insurance contract has been determined. Scientific approaches to the understanding of investments in general, and the peculiarities of investment activity by life insurance companies have been studied. The norms of national legislation, international financial reporting standards regulating long-term life insurance contracts, including those with an investment component, were analyzed. The civil law procedure for investing funds raised by insurance companies under long-term life insurance contracts and investment life insurance contracts is defined. Examples of investment activities of insurance companies that are leaders in the life insurance market are given. It is indicated that according to statistical data, as of January 1, 2024, 12 life insurance companies are registered and operating in Ukraine. There are life insurance companies provide services exclusively in the field of long-term life insurance, health and pension insurance. Currently, only 8 insurance companies are actively working. It was concluded that financial instruments such as securities in the form of bonds, bank deposits and investment (income) real estate are most popular among life insurance companies for investing.