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  • The return of private equity

    24 May 2021

    Private equity has been cited as the hottest asset choice for US insurers for a while. This year it seems to be justifying the optimism. Returns have been stellar, but can the asset maintain its position as the alternative of choice? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US insurers have $89.2bn invested in coal, NGO research finds

    25 February 2021

    US underwriters account for 8% of all investments in the sector

  • A CIO, an asset manager, and an activist's 2021 wish list

    25 December 2020

    Firechat with Randy Brown, Elizabeth Gilla, and Peter Bosshard

  • 43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies

    02 December 2020

    Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies

  • AIG praises hedge funds and private equity for Q3 income rising

    09 November 2020

    Q2 PE results boost investment income, on one-month lag

  • The art of liquidity stress testing

    23 September 2020

    Panellists at the Insurance Asset Risk 2020 Americas event discuss the ins and outs of liquidity stress testing, from the design of the test to the use of the results. Compiled by Stephanie Harris

  • Things are never so bad they can't get worse - USA CIOs' new mantra

    22 September 2020

    IAR Americas audience heard from a pretty pessimistic CIO panel

  • CIOs turn from managing investments to managing expectations

    22 September 2020

    A panel of chief investment officers told the audience of Insurance Asset Risk's 2020 Americas event that their job coming out of the COVID-19 crisis will be as much about managing expectations of how much their investment portfolios can actually deliver, as it is about managing the investments themselves. Compiled by Stephanie Harris

  • Chart: Swiss insurers' 2019 investments

    11 September 2020

    24% real estate weighting, source of concern for the regulator

  • AIG Lloyd's syndicate reveals private investments

    04 September 2020

    Syndicate reported 34% growth in private debt LPs during 2019