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NAIC's private rating disclosure rules to increase scrutiny on bespoke assets

Requirements for private rating reports will come in next year

MetLife IM originates $6.4bn in private debt in H1 2021

Of which $5.2bn for its parent

Inflation a dark cloud for global (re)insurers

Sector reported solid H1 but inflation "squeeze" a worry for future earnings, Willis Re warns

Insurers stocking up

Insurers are a safe, staid bunch by nature. But even in this world of conservatism, there is always room for a little bit of riskier investing. So where have insurers been keeping their "naughty" equity investments? Sarfraz Thind reports

US P&C insurers' H1 investment income highest in five years

Investment income rose 6.4% in H1 as markets bounced back in 2021

Natixis finances California solar project

Natixis provides $51.5m to refinance FedEx headquarters

FAANG, tech and old school

Who cashed in on FAANG stocks?

Manulife IM makes another timberland acquisition

Purchase of Brazilian eucalyptus plantations joins the insurer's expanding timberland portfolio

US life insurers saw largest ten-year fall in investment income in 2020

Net income has fallen 100bps in last decade as insurers struggle with low rates, NEAM says