Archive

  • Chart of the week: can PE tame the insurance beast?

    12 December 2025

    What is the share of PE ownership of EU and US insurance industries?

  • Solvency II changes a "meaningful step" for securitised assets' allure, S&P says

    11 December 2025

    Though ratings agency warns changes are unlikely to have a "significant impact" on insurers' appetites

  • Investment Accelerator could prompt £10bn extra investment in UK over 10 years, L&G report finds

    11 December 2025

    Study with Oxford Economics also calls for 'whole projects' reform for Solvency UK

  • Expect lower growth in 2026 - but AI bubble not about to burst, Aviva Investors says

    09 December 2025

    AI-driven investment will continue to surge, Aviva Investors predicts, but not without added volatility and risk to equity and credit markets

  • COTW: Insurers can help close the UK's £2.1trn infrastructure investment gap, Swiss Re says

    05 December 2025

    Swiss Re chief economist for Europe, Charlotte Mueller, gives her views

  • Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets

    28 November 2025

    Analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows it is not just Europe's life juggernauts sourcing private assets....

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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