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Hiscox hires former Partnership CIO

Specialist Lloyd's insurer Hiscox has appointed Alex Veys to take over as chief investment officer from David Astor, who is retiring following 15 years with the underwriter.

Allianz sells Korean investment business to Anbang

MA optimisation: the experience at LV=

The matching adjustment (MA) is a vital element of the Solvency II package to annuity underwriters, but making the most of it is challenging. In this article, James Sharpe, developer of optimisation tool OptiMA, and Ed Rayson of insurer LV=, describe how MA benefits have been improved in practice

PIC buys into equity release mortgage market

Funding agreement with Retirement Advantage will help diversify the insurer's illiquid portfolio

Insurance CIOs, regulators and investment leaders join IAR line up

ABI chief Hugh Savill will discuss effect of changing regulation on insurers' investments

Negative equity threatens lifetime mortgage assets

The potential for falling house prices after Brexit threatens the stability of lifetime mortgage returns. Firms are modelling worst case scenarios and testing the limits of an otherwise attractive asset. Callum Tanner reports.

Insurers predict secondary market for matching adjustment assets

But some fear regulators will be wary of systemic risks

Matching adjustment rules are tying asset managers in knots

Investment managers need freedom to exercise skills, experts say

Former LV= CIO joins Phoenix board

Wendy Mayall joins as non-executive director

Columbia Threadneedle hires head of insurance solutions from Pimco

Eugene Dimitriou to structure investment solutions for insurance clients