Archive

• Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins

  14 May 2025

  Michael Eakins gives funky interview to Insurance Asset Risk after receiving his second CIO of the year award

• Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

  07 May 2025

  As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

• Solvency UK and the matching adjustment in three easy pieces

  05 May 2025

  At our recent Investing in Real Assets Conference, we brought together David Otudeko of the ABI and Michael Henderson of Legal & General to discuss the future of Solvency UK

• Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm

  16 April 2025

  With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky

• Insurers double down on defence spending, while maintaining ESG exclusions

  12 March 2025

  ESG and defence investments not mutually exclusive, insurers suggest, as NATO powers commit to spend more

• It will take more than Solvency tweaks to mobilise capital in UK plc

  10 March 2025

  Private sector stakeholders highlight the need for more effective blended finance solutions at ABI annual conference

• Insurers now taking a more blended approach to public and private investing, Barings says

  12 February 2025

  Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Patrick O'Sullivan, head of international insurance solutions at investment manager Barings to discuss his role and the sector's changing approach to investing in private markets.

• Will the NAIC's new regulations change insurer's attitudes to private credit investments?

  03 February 2025

  David Zhang, director at New York-based advisory firm MSCI, discusses how US insurers are coping with a torrent of new regulation from the NAIC

• The NAIC is cooking up a hearty bowl of reform, how should US insurers prepare for the meal?

  20 January 2025

  From risk-based capital to GEMS and the Insurer Investment Regulation Framework, 2025 could be a busy year

• Exploring the demand in affordable housing

  23 December 2024

  Mike Lohmeier, chief investment officer at IMPACT Community Capital, explains the current state of play in affordable housing investments in the US, and compares it to other real estate asset classes