Archive

  • Blackstone raised another $5bn from insurers in Q3

    23 October 2023

    Insurers still keen on alternatives, says Blackstone

  • US insurer municipal bonds slip to third biggest bond holding

    20 October 2023

    Over half of industry muni holdings may be climate affected, NAIC says

  • Venerable appoints Russel Investments and Franklin Resources to advise insurance funds

    19 October 2023

    As group migrates funds in-house

  • Comment: Skinning Insurance Asset Risk's look

    19 October 2023

    The 14th, and last, edition of the Insurance Asset Risk quarterly magazine is now out, but don't you worry we are only peeling one skin off the onion, to reveal a new, fresher one.

  • Insurance Asset Risk Americas: Regulatory Risk

    18 October 2023

    Panellists 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.

  • IMF warns of PE-insurer risk and calls for more international regulatory scrutiny

    17 October 2023

    PE-insurers have more asset risk and regulatory arbitrage activity than rest of industry

  • Chelsea FC-owner pushes illiquids risk for US insurer

    13 October 2023

    Alt AM insurers held four times more illiquid assets than rest of market last year, Fitch finds

  • US insurer CLO exposures grew to nearly $250bn in 2022

    12 October 2023

    Still only 3% of total assets, according to NAIC

  • Volatility blows in Outsourced CIO sails

    11 October 2023

    The outsourcing chief investment officer world sometimes goes under the radar. Mercer's co-head of US insurance, Chris Tschida, explains how the OCIO giant works its magic and why its advice is needed now more than ever.

  • Designing natural capital funds for insurers' investment needs

    09 October 2023

    Launched in 2020, Climate Asset Management designed two strategies one of which is focused on sourcing natural capital investment opportunities for insurers. Megan Reilly Cayten, senior investment manager, explains what the fund invests in, and why it has been more successful with European insurers than US ones.