US insurers had $1.3bn LOC exposures to CCB at the end of ‘22

AM Best says the Vesttoo situation highlights the importance of carefully managing counterparty credit risk, as it notes the US insurance industry’s exposure to letters or credit purported to have been issued by China Construction Bank leapt to $1.3bn at the end of 2022.

 

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