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Geopolitical and macro factors drive 17% foreign assets drop for US insurers
15 November 2023Industry has had a 44% decline in foreign investments in last decade, NAIC finds
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How can insurers take advantage of banks retreating from private assets?
15 November 2023Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 discussed the virtues of investing in private assets, as well as the importance of portfolio diversification
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Insurance Risk Data to publish third annual Bermuda insurance outsourcing report
14 November 2023Research analysis outsourcing, IMAs with managers, changing regulations and more
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US insurers drop hedge funds
13 November 2023Just 15 insurers account for 79% of hedge fund holdings, according to AM Best
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Opportunities exist in CRE - even if offices face a GFC-style crisis
13 November 2023Panellists at the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference discuss the current environment in CRE, and the inevitable crisis faced by the office sector
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An ex-Fed head preaches calmness in times of trouble
09 November 2023Thomas Sullivan, ex-Federal Reserve senior associate director, says macro risk is the biggest worry for insurance markets right now. But regulators should not be stymying investment innovation
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Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference: Regulatory risk
01 November 2023Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 discuss potential regulatory changes on the horizon, and what actions insurers are taking to prepare and ready their portfolios in response
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Alternatives on the mind
31 October 2023Mercer has been developing the alternatives bucket for its smaller US insurer clients. It has also been looking to assist with ESG goals. So far, however, its clients have shown more ambition than action as the company's co-head of US insurance, Chris Tschida, explaines
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Middle East conflict is most significant threat to stability in a long time
27 October 2023Conning's new CIO says US involvement will risk market destabilization
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Waterfall Asset Management sets up insurance division
25 October 2023To help insurers invest in US residential whole loans