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  • Falling asset values and higher default rates key risk to EMEA insurers' investments, Fitch says

    04 December 2025

    Sovereign risk concentration and increased allocations to alts and illiquids also among risks facing European insurers

  • Aberdeen expands strategic insurance team with APAC appointments

    04 December 2025

    Alan Koay and Echo Yang join group launched in October

  • BoE zeroes in on private market risks to insurers and UK financial system

    02 December 2025

    Highlights overreliance on credit rating agencies in place of rigorous due diligence

  • Fitch details US alt manager tie-up and private credit risk facing European insurers

    21 November 2025

    Ratings agency highlights "increased structural complexity and interconnectedness" of asset class

  • COTW: Some US lifers have concentration risk in CLO collateral managers

    21 November 2025

    Moody's has cautioned, despite collateral managers overall being mostly diversified

  • Fiscal dominance risk has rarely been higher, Swiss Re warns

    21 November 2025

    But private credit not a source of systemic risk, group chief economist says

  • Neuberger Berman hits $7.3bn final close on private debt fund

    11 November 2025

    Investor base comprises several global institutions, including insurers, based in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia

  • Alt IM expansion in Lloyd's syndicates and US casualty sidecars raise risks, Fitch says

    07 November 2025

    Longer‑duration premium flows are being invested in higher‑yield private assets managed by alt IMs

  • BII plans fund to encourage UK lifers to support EM climate finance

    05 November 2025

    Opportunities for long-term and predictable rates of return on investment widespread, COP30 hears

  • Guardian forms $5bn PE partnership with Hamilton Lane

    04 November 2025

    Lifer takes equity in PE manager and commits to invest $500m per year in PE with Hamilton Lane for next 10 years