News

  • abrdn invests €63m in French and Belgian senior residence properties

    07 December 2023
  • Regulators monitoring insurer derivatives use, IAIS says

    07 December 2023
  • Aviva invests in Canadian carbon removal business

    07 December 2023
  • PIC tops up Kent housing group investment by £30m

    07 December 2023
  • New renewable infra assets bring opportunity and risk, LGIM says

    07 December 2023
  • Institutional investors willing to sacrifice yield for ESG credentials in UK residential property

    06 December 2023
  • Life insurers to play it safe in 2024, Moody's says

    06 December 2023
  • M&G Catalyst invests £40m in Pragmatic Semiconductor

    06 December 2023
  • Just Group completes £60m buy-in with Hyde Housing Association

    06 December 2023
  • Canada Life Asset Management completes £101m loan deal with Valor Real Estate

    06 December 2023
  • Lloyd's feeling "enthusiastic" about fund investment platform's progress

    05 December 2023
  • ManulifeIM hails intermediate bonds as fears of recession and rates peak loom

    05 December 2023
  • Natixis contributes to €3bn sustainability-linked credit line for Eni

    05 December 2023
  • Brookfield launches Catalytic Transition Fund at COP28 with $1bn committed

    05 December 2023
  • Aviva completes £18m pension buy-in with Haag-Streit UK

    05 December 2023
  • Scottish Widows appoints Kevin Doran as first CIO

    05 December 2023
  • Axa IM and Generali Investments experiment with Societe Generale blockchain green bond investment

    04 December 2023
  • Finance for Biodiversity Foundation launches framework for nature-related investment portfolio targets

    04 December 2023
  • AllianzGI and EIB raise new commitments for Emerging Market Climate Action Fund

    04 December 2023
  • M&G Real Estate invests €41.7m in solar-powered Dutch apartment complex

    04 December 2023
  • INVL Asset Management appoints Paulius Žurauskas as CEO

    04 December 2023
  • Dai-ichi Life invests JPY 100m into agri-tech start-up

    04 December 2023
  • Chart of the Week - Bermudian re/insurers go green, with help from outsourcing partners

    01 December 2023

Focus on the USA

  • Brookfield raises $30bn for world's largest infrastructure fund

  • US insurer equity holdings dropped last year in wake of stock market rout

  • Apollo backs Longroad Energy's $600m debt fundraise

  • KKR acquires remaining 37% stake in Global Atlantic for $2.7bn

  • Shift to illiquids has heightened risk for US insurers, says Fitch

  • Manulife IM to buy Hintze's CQS hedge fund

  • Geopolitical and macro factors drive 17% foreign assets drop for US insurers

  • Insurance Risk Data to publish third annual Bermuda insurance outsourcing report

US Contact: Sarfraz Thind • sarfraz.thind@insuranceassetrisk.com

Outsourcing

  • Chart of the Week - Bermudian re/insurers go green, with help from outsourcing partners

  • Chart of the Week - Solvency of Bermudian insurance groups, and why it matters for their GAs

  • Comment - Do Bermuda's CIOs earn too much?

  • Comment: What (and when) Bermuda's re/insurers pay hedge fund managers

People

  • Scottish Widows appoints Kevin Doran as first CIO

  • INVL Asset Management appoints Paulius Žurauskas as CEO

  • Axa IM appoints head of PE secondaries at Axa IM Prime

  • Axa Germany appoints new CFO

Regulation

  • Regulators monitoring insurer derivatives use, IAIS says

  • How can insurers hot-wire the energy transition?

  • Chinese insurers launch $7bn private fund to invest in stock market

  • ECB rings further alarm on insurer liquidity risk

Systems/Data

  • Singapore's regulator issues phase one of Generative AI risk framework

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2024

  • Comment: Skinning Insurance Asset Risk's look

  • Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference round up