Baloise heralds successful first year for Swiss property fund
Generated a net income of CHF 14.3m and value rises CHF 19.7m
Generated a net income of CHF 14.3m and value rises CHF 19.7m
Carrie Lam highlights Hong Kong's opportunity to become the region's risk management hub
Roshan Thiru announced as replacement
Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's sister publication InsuranceERM's conference discuss the new types of risks they are exposed to and whether they understand those risks well. Highlights compiled by Stephanie Harris
Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports
The fund allocates to US equities
Becomes first P&C insurer to do so
The deadline for entering Insurance Asset Risk's prestigious annual awards, recognising Europe's very best in insurance asset management, is coming soon. Entries must be submitted by Friday 13 December 2019.
Insurance investment today is challenging, thanks to a confluence of low yields, growing regulatory requirements and increasingly diverse balance sheets. New assets, strategies and partnerships have the potential to help insurers cut through this complexity and deliver sustainable solutions.
The impact fund is a partnership between the German government and Global Parametrics
Danielle Brassel, a responsible investment analyst at the Swiss insurer, told the Insurance and Climate Risk conference
Phoenix says SLA remains manager of choice
Volatilità was one of the hot topics of 2018, and while widening Italian government bond spreads stressed insurers solvency ratios, was there an investment opportunity to be made? Vincent Huck reports
Niched in the middle of the North Atlantic ocean, Bermuda is not immune to the low rates storm. In part one of this Insurance Asset Risk / Aviva Investors roundtable re/insurers discuss their approach to cautious portfolios.
Watch the replay of this webinar hosted by Insurance Asset Risk in partnership with Moody's Analytics
Insurance companies have traditionally focused most on balance sheet liabilities, with investment assets often overlooked opportunities – strategies now exist that allow insurers to create capital-efficient investment portfolios to enhance yield, improve returns, and optimise capital.
With low interest rates impacting solvency ratios, insurers are looking for the holy grail of high yielding assets which do not require higher capital charges. Vincent Huck reports
A report by the alternative credit council calls out insurer use of ratings agencies for private credit. Given their failings in the financial crisis are the criticisms justified? Sarfraz Thind reports
Allianz’s US CIO Todd Hedtke has three main economic concerns right now—low rates, volatility and credit. He talks about the macro environment and how he is navigating the insurer’s path through potentially inclement weather. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
Insurance Asset Risk's Awards formally recognise the very best in insurance asset management
Tod Nasser is in charge of Pacific Life’s $53bn fixed income portfolio. While the rest of the market appears bedevilled by change and uncertainty, he is positive for now. Indeed, looking at the liquidity situation, buoyant corporate earnings and the health of the US consumer, it certainly is not as risky a world as it was before the financial crisis. Sarfraz Thind reports
InsuranceERM is delighted to announce that the 2nd IFRS 17 conference will take place on 13 February in London.
InsuranceERM is pleased to announce that the inaugural Insurance Risk & Capital Asia conference will take place on 26 February 2020 in Hong Kong.