Archive

  • CIO Interview: Zurich's Van Vliet on 'noise cancelling' strategies

    08 September 2025

    Stephan van Vliet discusses the Swiss insurer's long-term plan against short term volatility

  • Take an old song and make it better - how insurers are making it big in the music business

    03 September 2025

    M&G has invested millions in a music publishing firm that is making new hits out of old songs

  • European Commission's rumoured SII capital relief - credit negative, Moody's warns

    20 August 2025

    The rating agency also questioned whether the proposal would have the desired effect of channelling investments to specific parts of the economy

  • Every bonus has its onus

    11 August 2025

    What surprises does Autumn hold for US insurers?

  • Secret strategist: UK gov lacks "concrete" answers for encouraging investment

    07 August 2025

    In the wake of the 'Leeds Reforms' and the chancellor's Mansion House speech, a strategist at a European insurer tells Josh Adcock the tone is encouraging but the detail is missing

  • Was last week the week that stalled the US economy? Insurers react to latest Fed moves

    06 August 2025

    The Fed opted to hold rates last week, but the next day a worse-than-expected jobs report rocked US confidence

  • Please sir, we want some more... support to invest in UK productive assets

    28 July 2025

    ABI and Investment Delivery Forum call for more support amidst update against £100bn ten-year investment goal - despite PRA saying they have all they need

  • Private markets are not just for the largest insurers

    23 July 2025

    Small to mid-size insurers have grown their investments in private markets since 2019, Conning finds

  • What does innovative investment look like in the next few years?

    14 July 2025

    Increasing interest in structures making use of 'highly predictable cashflows' element of Solvency UK's MA, Aviva says at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2025 conference

  • APAC Weekly: US exceptionalism is dented, but what is next?

    08 July 2025

    Asian insurers ponder the place of gold in insurance investment portfolios