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  • The year USA investors woke to social investing

    24 August 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the most vulnerable parts of society and highlighted social inequalities globally. In the USA, this combined with the death of George Floyd and the revitalisation of the Black Lives Matter movement, has prompted insurers to embrace 'social investing'. But is this a long-term trend or a one-off? Sarfraz Thind asks.

  • IAR Americas - CIO panel: navigating the crisis

    21 August 2020

    Nick Martowski, CIO at MagMutual, speaks to IAR ahead of September event

  • Climate - the USA may bear a huge responsibility in collective failure, Scor's Lacroix says

    20 August 2020

    Scor's head of group investment risk & sustainability to speak at IAR Americas

  • Trump US election win best scenario for investors

    20 August 2020

    Looming election driving stock market surge, says Conning's Sega

  • US insurers knocked by corporate bond double whammy

    19 August 2020

    But overall industry has moderate exposure to COVID-19's hardest hit sectors

  • USA insurers resilient despite vulnerable profitability

    11 August 2020

    IMF warns on impact of low interest rates and rising corporate defaults

  • US insurers have $46bn commitments to PE

    07 August 2020

    Underwriters have rotated from hedge funds for better returns

  • MetLife latest insurer hit by private equity losses in Q2

    06 August 2020

    Investment income drops 13% as it joins list of insurers reporting PE losses this year

  • Prudential Financial posts $2.4bn loss in Q2 on investment slump

    05 August 2020

    Insurer hit by $2.7bn loss on derivative-related products, lowers interest rate expectations

  • The Hartford Q2 investment income plunges 31%

    31 July 2020

    Caused by private equity and alternative investment losses