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IAR outlook survey: sustainability for the next ten years
08 February 2021Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey discovered that sustainability is the overarching theme that will influence insurance investor behavior—not just this year but for the next decade and probably beyond. Yet, some are more prepared than others. Sarfraz Thind reports
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IAR's global outlook survey 2021: a foggy crystal ball
01 February 2021Respondents to Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey seem more at the mercy of the financial gods than ever before. Most agree that while the pandemic rages, 2021 will be a damn hard year to predict. Sarfraz Thind reports
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A testing climate for munis
20 January 2021US municipal bonds have been a staple asset for insurers. But as underwriters brace for the effects of climate change, some insurers are questioning if lending to states hit with increasingly frequent and more severe hurricanes and wild fires is a sensible use of their general accounts. David Walker and Sarfraz Thind report
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Bitcoin: blowing bubbles or truly sticky?
18 January 2021Bitcoin is steaming into the stratosphere—and many want in. But is this speculative bubble going to appeal to insurers? Sarfraz Thind finds out.
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Democrat blue-ripple will lead to investment recalibration
11 January 2021But balanced Senate outcome tempers prospect of radical policy overhaul
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US insurers warmly welcome outsourced managers for climate change investing
06 January 2021US insurers are buying ever more services from asset managers, data vendors and research houses to help understand climate change and inform their investment decisions, David Walker discovers.
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US insurers follow in Europe's climate footsteps
01 January 2021Scenario analysis is the primary tool for quantifying climate risks
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Conning launches climate risk reporting service
12 November 2020Offering profiles insurers' investment portfolios exposure to climate risk
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Investment leaders panel on key risks and strategic portfolio positioning
30 October 2020Panel sponsored by Conning Asset Management
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Breadth of investment outsourcing in UK revealed
28 October 2020UK insurers use more than 100 different investment managers