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  • Bayview sets up insurance asset management division

    29 August 2023

    Headed by ex-Metlife IM head of private FI Nancy Mueller Handal

  • SEC passes new rules on private fund oversight

    24 August 2023

    Rules will increase fee transparency, but many earlier proposals have been diluted

  • US insurer mortgage loans grew 8.6% in 2022 even as CRE market faces crunch year

    21 August 2023

    Insurers held $727bn in mortgage loans at end-2022, NAIC finds

  • US bond yields not a crisis - but the risks have grown, says Swiss Re

    18 August 2023

    Yield surge requires ever more disciplined insurer balance sheet management

  • NAIC revamps rules to better monitor insurer investments

    17 August 2023

    Regulator passes new structured securities factors and bond definition guidelines

  • US PE-insurer growth continues

    16 August 2023

    NAIC identifies 137 companies making up 6.5% of total insurance assets

  • Comment: Athora deputy CEO on weathering the storm

    16 August 2023

    Michele Bareggi, president & deputy CEO at Athora Group, explains why investing in private markets combined with a robust investment risk framework is the key to weather the volatility storm

  • US insurers hurt by rate rises to benefit from NAIC's IMR rule change

    15 August 2023

    NAIC expected to adopt interest rate accounting proposal tomorrow

  • Nuveen launches climate efficient property fund for insurers

    10 August 2023

    Six insurers allocate $525m to fund for green CRE projects

  • Blackstone: Size matters

    09 August 2023

    No matter what they tell you, size is important in this world. And Blackstone is up there with the biggest. Its insurance group has tripled assets in five years—and it does not intend to stop there.