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  • "Talk to me..." US regulators tell insurers

    22 November 2023

    Why nurturing engagement between insurers and regulators is key as contentious battles hot up

  • Manulife IM to buy Hintze's CQS hedge fund

    16 November 2023

    Marks end of an era for one of the UK's most famous alternative investors

  • Geopolitical and macro factors drive 17% foreign assets drop for US insurers

    15 November 2023

    Industry has had a 44% decline in foreign investments in last decade, NAIC finds

  • How can insurers take advantage of banks retreating from private assets?

    15 November 2023

    Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 discussed the virtues of investing in private assets, as well as the importance of portfolio diversification

  • Insurance Risk Data to publish third annual Bermuda insurance outsourcing report

    14 November 2023

    Research analysis outsourcing, IMAs with managers, changing regulations and more

  • US insurers drop hedge funds

    13 November 2023

    Just 15 insurers account for 79% of hedge fund holdings, according to AM Best

  • Opportunities exist in CRE - even if offices face a GFC-style crisis

    13 November 2023

    Panellists at the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference discuss the current environment in CRE, and the inevitable crisis faced by the office sector

  • An ex-Fed head preaches calmness in times of trouble

    09 November 2023

    Thomas 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

  • Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference: Regulatory risk

    01 November 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

  • Alternatives on the mind

    31 October 2023

    Mercer 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