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  • Insurers shift $2.7trn to alternatives, with private credit dominating

    14 November 2025

    Analysis of 400 insurers finds some now allocate as much as 40-50% to alternatives

  • A private credit story, following a Kishōtenketsu narrative

    12 November 2025

    A panel at Insurance Asset Risk's 2025 Bermuda conference reveals the benefits, skills needed, risks and future of private credit investing

  • Launch of MA investment accelerator to support insurers being more "dynamic", Aberdeen Investments says

    10 November 2025

    Though concerns remain that exposure cap may limit usability of MAIA for smaller insurers

  • Chart of the Week: PE-owned lifers, private assets, and the BIS

    07 November 2025

    The Bank for International Settlements has taken aim at numerous topics swirling around life insurers, all linked by 'illiquidity'

  • BoE rate hold unsurprising, sets stage for December cut

    06 November 2025

    Investors now turn attention to December MPC meeting

  • Equities standout in Q1-Q3 returns for Varma

    03 November 2025

    Insurer notes turnaround in equities since spring and highlights 21.3% return on Finnish equities

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2026 - UK and Europe

    03 November 2025

    Awards aim to recognise those working across the insurance investment value chain

  • Insurers to continue shifting allocations to private markets, SLC Management research finds

    31 October 2025

    Private infra equity comes top in survey, with growth in it and private RE equity to be spearheaded by non-US insurers

  • Chart of the Week - Has PE house Onex picked the 'right insurer to own', in Convex?

    31 October 2025

    Insurance Risk Data analysis answers the question for 113 PE/AM-owned European insurers

  • Private markets: Buying in, and stress-testing 'to the moon and back'

    29 October 2025

    Three US life insurers' chief investment officers discuss the 'hot and cold' of private-market investing