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  • The NAIC is cooking up a hearty bowl of reform, how should US insurers prepare for the meal?

    20 January 2025

    From risk-based capital to GEMS and the Insurer Investment Regulation Framework, 2025 could be a busy year

  • Exploring the demand in affordable housing

    23 December 2024

    Mike Lohmeier, chief investment officer at IMPACT Community Capital, explains the current state of play in affordable housing investments in the US, and compares it to other real estate asset classes

  • Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack

    16 December 2024

    Rainforest Action Network says there is a "shocking lack of transparency about what insurers are underwriting and investing in"

  • The art of fishing in more than one pond at F&G

    16 October 2024

    Chief investment officer Leena Punjabi discusses the US insurer's investment strategy, its partnership with Blackstone, and where the investment opportunities currently lie.

  • Grudge match: How is the market preparing for the US presidential election?

    14 October 2024

    The US presidential race in just a few months has dispensed more thrills and spills than the fabled race of 1968. But what is worrying insurers and their asset managers about the outcome of 2024?

  • It's complicated: Avalanche of reforms test US insurers relationship with NAIC

    07 October 2024

    US insurers are currently facing an avalanche of new regulations to assimilate into their practice

  • The thorny regulatory issue of PE and Bermudian re/insurers

    23 September 2024

    The BMA has its sights set on parent-originated illiquid investments in the GAs of Bermuda's underwriters

  • IAR North America 2024 round up

    16 September 2024

    Insurance Risk and Capital Americas, an Insurance Asset Risk and InsuranceERM conference, took place on 16 September tackling regulation, private credit and illiquidity considerations amongst other topics

  • 2024: ESG Indicators (PAIs) Reach New Data Quality Heights for Alternative Investments"

    16 September 2024

    While discussions around "whether and how well alternative investments funds deliver Principal Adverse Impact KPIs (PAIs) via the European ESG Template (EET)" feel as if they happened just yesterday, EU Article 4 SFDR investors such as life insurers and pension funds already published their second PAI statement for 2023.

  • Private market impact investing is no longer a PE, EM game

    04 September 2024

    Managers highlight impact opportunities in private credit and say blended finance is no longer the only way