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Interest rate risk

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-001888

The potential for an investment's value to change due to fluctuations in prevailing interest rates. For insurers, this risk primarily affects their investment portfolios, particularly fixed-income securities, and the pricing of interest-sensitive products like annuities. Rising interest rates can decrease the market value of existing bonds.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-001888
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-001888",
  "term": "Interest rate risk",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "The potential for an investment's value to change due to fluctuations in prevailing interest rates. For insurers, this risk primarily affects their investment portfolios, particularly fixed-income securities, and the pricing of interest-sensitive products like annuities. Rising interest rates can decrease the market value of existing bonds.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/interest-rate-risk/"
}

Record 1,809 of 3,708 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.