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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Dani Oh

Michael Burry: 'The Guaranty System Ends With the Taxpayer,' Points to New Study on Hidden Insurance Risk

Michael Burry shared new academic research examining how losses tied to private credit held by life insurers could, under some insolvency scenarios, flow through state insurance guaranty systems. (Credit: UCLA/YouTube Screenshot)

Michael Burry has highlighted new academic research warning that the rapid growth of private credit held inside private equity-owned life insurers could, in some failure scenarios, leave taxpayers indirectly bearing part of the losses through state insurance guaranty systems.

Posting to X over the weekend, the investor best known for predicting the 2008 US housing market collapse urged followers to read the paper, writing, 'This is important information of which all should be aware.'

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