Archive

  • Evolution and revolution in the US life insurance sector

    05 November 2025

    Interview with Tim Zawacki principal research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence

  • From tariffs to tech: S&P global chief economist says AI is rewiring the US economy

    22 October 2025

    Paul Gruenwald reveals his '2min elevator speech'

  • S&P to monitor US insurers' expanding private credit allocations

    17 October 2025

    Ratings agency says insurers' rates management efforts should insulate from interest rate fluctuations

  • Chart of the Week - Might insurance CIOs one day 'run out of assets to buy'?

    26 September 2025

    The investment landscape's a richer place, if you include private markets, proponents of directly-originated assets say

  • APAC Weekly - Do Australian insurers get 'alpha' from their outsourcing managers?

    19 August 2025

    All Australian insurers want market-defying returns, but managers' abilities to deliver are mercurial

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers welcome fork in the road for their guarantees and returns

    22 July 2025

    The 82bps difference between big lifers' guarantee and ROI is wider than any year-end since 2012

  • Taiwanese life firms win solvency leeway to use TW-ICS transitionals

    24 June 2025

    Taiwan's regulator says it will consider applicants' Q3 solvency levels

  • Mayday! FX volatility hits Taiwan's lifers but no crash landings are forecast

    04 June 2025

    When the Taiwan/US FX rate leaped 8% in two days last month, the same might well have happened to the heartrate of CIOs at life insurers, as David Walker examines

  • Taiwan's lifers bolster capital and FX reserves after market volatility

    03 June 2025

    Country's dollar jumped 8% against greenback in two days last month

  • Muted offshore investments and high hedging ratios shield Japan from FX risk, says S&P Global

    29 May 2025

    Private credit/debt investments are roughly half US/European levels, agency adds