Archive

  • US insurers have $46bn commitments to PE

    07 August 2020

    Underwriters have rotated from hedge funds for better returns

  • MetLife latest insurer hit by private equity losses in Q2

    06 August 2020

    Investment income drops 13% as it joins list of insurers reporting PE losses this year

  • AIG investment returns for Q2 soften as private equity results come in

    04 August 2020

    Much of alternatives portfolio reports on a one-quarter lag

  • AIG unit fined $40m for conflicts of interest in investment product sales

    29 July 2020

    VFA netted millions of dollars in fees from investments sold through teachers' unions

  • UBS rings warning bell for US insurer CLOs

    19 June 2020

    About $8bn at risk of downgrade, most held by Athene and AIG

  • AIG Europe largely shielded from COVID-19-inspired volatility

    04 May 2020

    SFCR shows low equities, but spread exposure through heavy bond holdings

  • NY comptroller and pension funds ask three insurers to divest from coal

    27 April 2020

    Berkshire Hathaway, AIG, and Liberty Mutual's executives received letters

  • Eric Zheng appointed chair of SLA's China business

    10 April 2020

    Zheng was previously CEO of AIG China

  • US life insurers' massive private debt growth a concern

    20 February 2020

    Fed names AIG, Apollo-Athene, MetLife as using annuity-type capital to finance private debt deals

  • CECL will have "limited impact" on insurers, says Moody's

    31 January 2020

    Third quarter disclosures suggest few US underwriters will be impacted by standard