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US insurers hold $602bn of under-fire retail mortgage loans
07 May 2020Retail borrowers feeling pressure of COVID-19 lockdown as rise in defaults predicted
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Low-risk securities lending being ignored by US insurers
06 November 2019US insurers use repo and securities lending for less than 1% of investments, NAIC study finds
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Ibor transition still patchy as 2021 deadline looms
03 October 2019Structured finance market among slowest to shift to new benchmarks, says Fitch
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US yield curve inversion - run for the hills?
10 June 2019Like a bad tarot card, an inverted US yield curve normally means economic doom. March’s inversion has now morphed into the most inverted yield curve since 2007. It is likely to have insurers gazing into their charts to see how to tackle their investments. Sarfraz Thind reports
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US not changing on climate
25 October 2018New York, US. The US insurance industry has been a laggard when it comes to embracing investments to mitigate climate change. Many insurers remain suspicious of the need for it unlike their European counterparts. It is a deeply divisive, political issue, according to professionals. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Policy changes needed to stimulate infrastructure investments by US life insurers
21 May 2018TIAA white paper suggests four policy solutions to make public-private partnerships more attractive to investors
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Blackstone hires former FIO chief to insurance solutions business
19 March 2018US investment management firm Blackstone has appointed Michael McRaith as managing director for its insurance solutions unit.
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US accounting tweak could see insurers plough into bond ETFs
07 June 2017BlackRock, State Street worked with NAIC to instigate new valuation treatment
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US insurers increase bond exposure by 11% in four years
07 June 2016With a slight decrease in stocks holdings in 2015, according to the NAIC
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BlackRock given NAIC modelling role
18 August 2015Contract covers CMBS and RMBS