03 September 2025

Take an old song and make it better - how insurers are making it big in the music business

Analysis

01 September 2025

To cut or not to cut? Why the Fed's rate cutting path is still finely balanced

And what can Donald Trump learn from Richard Nixon?
29 August 2025

Comment: How to lie to your GP...and spend a market SCR on jogging shoes

Non-life claims cost inflation is nothing, compared to Australia's 'plimsoll-cost inflation'
27 August 2025

Comment: Turning US regulatory ambitions into reality

Amnon Levy reflects on the NAIC summer meeting, and investment implications for insurers
25 August 2025

Long live the London office

London's office market is booming again, and insurers and adjacent entities are among the investors reaching for London's skyline
20 August 2025

European Commission's rumoured SII capital relief - credit negative, Moody's warns

The rating agency also questioned whether the proposal would have the desired effect of channelling investments to specific parts of the economy
18 August 2025

Insurance Asset Risk's (unofficial) SFCR awards for best investment details

Honouring the exemplary solvency filings from insurers this year

News

  • Solvency II draft reforms fall short on aim to boost investment, Insurance Europe says

    05 September 2025

  • Sumitomo Life invests in social VC fund

    05 September 2025

  • European Commission approves SLAM's Spanish toll operator acquisition

    05 September 2025

  • Chart of the Week - The unstoppable rise of insurers buying PE, infra and alts

    05 September 2025

  • Ares Management appoints new CIO for insurance solutions business

    05 September 2025

  • Robeco bolsters global credit team

    05 September 2025

  • Aviva Investors adds to global equities team

    04 September 2025

  • Generali's Infranity backs sustainable train manufacturer

    04 September 2025

  • Nippon Life to divest from US asset manager

    04 September 2025

  • M&G's impact manager provides financing to Turkish SME lending firm

    04 September 2025

  • PGIM provides $619m in FI financing for multifamily portfolio in Southeast US

    03 September 2025

  • RLAM announces new CIO

    03 September 2025

  • Reinsurers investment returns solid, ratings agencies say, as sector outlook nudged downwards

    03 September 2025

  • Folksam invests SEK 300m in municipal infra bond

    02 September 2025

  • APAC Weekly - Sompo flags more M&A even while its Aspen deal remains live

    02 September 2025

  • MetLife Investment Management JV secures $79.3m refinancing deal on Miami hotel

    02 September 2025

  • Aviva Investors expands Americas distribution team

    02 September 2025

  • Just Group completes £1m buy-in with Philippine National Bank

    01 September 2025

  • Axa IM alts makes first Melbourne affordable housing acquisition

    01 September 2025

  • Aviva Investors makes two FI hires

    01 September 2025

  • Just Group completes £60m full buy-ins with BDO pension schemes

    29 August 2025

  • COTW - European insurers, and their €63bn of investments, that APAC investors/insurers own

    29 August 2025

  • Chariot Re appoints new chief investment officer from MIM

    29 August 2025

  • Rising insurer support fuels North-West England aqueduct overhaul

    28 August 2025

  • Solvency II revamp should bring securitized investments back into play for insurers, AB says

    28 August 2025

Webinar

30 September 2025, 3:00 PM BST

Taking Optimization to the Next Dimension: Scenario-Based Machine Learning for Insurance Portfolios

In this Insurance Asset Risk and Ortec Finance webinar we will explore how Scenario-Based Machine Learning (SBML) can redefine the optimization process by leveraging stochastic scenarios and advanced machine learning techniques.

Event

17 September 2025, 8:45 AM

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2025

The original CROs and CIOs hub for the insurance industry
Most Read
  1. Aviva Investors expands Americas distribution team
  2. APAC Weekly - Sompo flags more M&A even while its Aspen deal remains live
  3. Nippon Life to divest from US asset manager
  4. MetLife Investment Management JV secures $79.3m refinancing deal on Miami hotel
  5. Prudential lays out plans for $5bn shareholder return by 2027
  6. Solvency II revamp should bring securitized investments back into play for insurers, AB says
  7. Folksam invests SEK 300m in municipal infra bond
  8. RLAM announces new CIO
  9. PGIM provides $619m in FI financing for multifamily portfolio in Southeast US
  10. Axa IM alts makes first Melbourne affordable housing acquisition

Spotlight: Responsible Investing 2025

30 June 2025

Behind the scenes: Inside L&G's unique investment in Togo

Insurers seen as prime candidates for development banks looking to broaden their investment bases
18 June 2025

Has impact investing taken a hit?

Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2025 conference in London discussed the challenges faced by insurers around impact and sustainable investing, the ESG backlash, and the possibility of a new dawn for the practice
05 June 2025

In defence of defence investments

AllianzGI clarifies its views on the interplay between defence investments and sustainable investments, and points the finger at the ambiguity of Article 8
02 June 2025

ESG fund outflows: a positive sustainability story

If recent media reports are to be believed, investors are legging it out of ESG and sustainable funds as the topic has now become toxic in the current political environment.

Focus on Asia Pacific

More on Asia Pacific
30 July 2025

Direct lending - the view from Europe

M&G's co-head of private credit origination gives an overview of its growth plans in Europe and where it's found its niche

  • Nippon Life to divest from US asset manager

  • APAC Weekly - Sompo flags more M&A even while its Aspen deal remains live

  • Axa IM alts makes first Melbourne affordable housing acquisition

  • COTW - European insurers, and their €63bn of investments, that APAC investors/insurers own

  • Sompo positions Aspen's "capital-light" fee-earning risk-packaging unit in its M&A plans

  • Prudential lays out plans for $5bn shareholder return by 2027

  • Schroders Capital appoints APAC property head from Canadian pension

  • APAC Week - Is Sompo about to land (yet) another overseas M&A in Aspen?

  • Phoenix Group makes first Australia private debt investment

  • Manulife Investments inks multi-asset deal in Hong Kong and Malaysia

  • Sumitomo Life backs Africa sustainability bond

  • APAC Weekly - Do Australian insurers get 'alpha' from their outsourcing managers?

Outsourcing

  • Sun Life investment arm announces mutual fund advisor shakeup

  • Federated Hermes Property Unit Trust merges into L&G Managed Property Fund

  • Insurance Asset Risk's (unofficial) SFCR awards for best investment details

  • Manulife IM closes deal on 50,000 acres of Louisiana timberland

People

  • Ares Management appoints new CIO for insurance solutions business

  • Robeco bolsters global credit team

  • Aviva Investors adds to global equities team

  • RLAM announces new CIO

Regulation

  • Solvency II draft reforms fall short on aim to boost investment, Insurance Europe says

  • European Commission approves SLAM's Spanish toll operator acquisition

  • Solvency II revamp should bring securitized investments back into play for insurers, AB says

  • NAIC demurs on new AI regulation at summer meeting

Systems/Data

  • PGIM launches real assets AI academy in Abu Dhabi

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2025 - North Americas

  • NAIC speaks out against planned moratorium on AI regulation

  • IAR EMEA 2025: Private credit RE lending getting more interesting, but market not fully repaired yet

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