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Resolution Life transfers $13bn to Blackstone in 2023
09 July 2024But Bermudian acknowledges pace of transfer was slower than expected
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Curious and curiouser - the quirky and weird risks, that Lloyd's syndicate CIOs are backing
15 May 2024Got a satellite, a nuclear reactor, a Degas, or a body part to insure? A Lloyd's syndicate will do that - and back the risk in its GA. David Walker peers inside Lloyd's cabinet of insured curiosities
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Non-PE backed insurers feel pressure to compete with PE-backed firms
15 April 2024Building up liquidity and securing more yield key focus for insurers, Insight Investment's O'Brien says
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Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?
12 April 2024With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's
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Chart of the Week - How IMAs could spell out the future of PE ownership of insurers
23 February 2024Fee rates, and other T&Cs in the IMAs of PE houses and the consolidators they own, may attract (unwanted) regulatory attention
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AIG investment income jumps up to 38%, thanks to fixed income and loans
14 February 2024Group reveals holdings from Blackstone to Brookfield
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Fee schedules in insurance IMAs - the hard sell
05 February 2024From the most straightforward to some pock-marked by caveats and preconditions, investment provisions in investment management agreements span the full spectrum of complexity
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Comment - BaFin holds cards (close to its chest) in future of German life-book consolidation
01 February 2024PE part-ownership of Viridium seems to have informed regulator's rejection of Zurich deal
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Are insurers' outsourcing agreements contracts 'made in heaven'?
29 January 2024Investment management agreements lock in some tasty fees for managers signing on the dotted line, but insurance CIOs increasingly expect a wide scope of 'extras' to boot
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Comment - How life insurers might respond to the IMF on private equity risks
08 January 2024The IMF listed various risks of growing PE involvement in the re/insurance industry