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Sunny side up at Pacific Life
07 November 2019Tod Nasser is in charge of Pacific Life’s $53bn fixed income portfolio. While the rest of the market appears bedevilled by change and uncertainty, he is positive for now. Indeed, looking at the liquidity situation, buoyant corporate earnings and the health of the US consumer, it certainly is not as risky a world as it was before the financial crisis. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Apollo hires Jacobs as CIO of insurance business
06 November 2019Ex-BlackRock man latest hire into insurance solutions group
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Berkshire Hathaway insurance investment income jumps 20% in Q3
04 November 2019While underwriting profits remain flat
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AIG hikes credit holdings but warns of low rates' impact on the industry
04 November 2019Customer annuity buying habits is limiting surrender risk, US insurer adds
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Prudential poaches Longino from Metlife
01 November 2019She joins as head of portfolio strategy
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Lincoln hit by $94m alternatives loss in Q3
01 November 2019Driven by a write-down on large private equity investment
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Metlife in $1.25bn derivatives jump
01 November 2019Overall flat third quarter investment income down to lower interest margins
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What assets do CIOs like that CROs don’t?
31 October 2019A panel of CROs and CIOs at Insurance Asset Risk Americas conference reveals the investment decisions that prove most challenging to the relationship between risk and investment teams. Vincent Huck reports
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Watford Re reports 35% drop in investment income in Q3
30 October 2019Hedge fund reinsurer hit by wider high yield spreads
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To outsource the CIO, or not?
29 October 2019While outsourced CIOs have been predominantly used in the pension space up until now, small US insurers are increasingly seeing the benefits of such a move. But insurers' needs differ widely from those of pension funds, and service providers will need to prove their worth to win mandates. Sarfraz Thind reports