摘要:The purpose of the paper is to present the changes occurred on global insurance markets during the current pandemic situation. The effects are largely felt through asset risks, weaker premium growth prospects, and also insurers’ long-term investment. Developed markets, particularly life ones, are likely to shrink in real terms as a result of the economic slowdown. Higher mortality rates due to the coronavirus pandemic are affecting the bottom lines of many life insurers. The main trends in this sector in last years, is based on the most important aspects such as, written premiums, and benefits paid, types of the life insurance contracts and density and penetration degree of the life insurance sector.