Sarfraz Thind

• Low-risk securities lending being ignored by US insurers

  06 November 2019

  US insurers use repo and securities lending for less than 1% of investments, NAIC study finds

• Berkshire Hathaway insurance investment income jumps 20% in Q3

  04 November 2019

  While underwriting profits remain flat

• Prudential poaches Longino from Metlife

  01 November 2019

  She joins as head of portfolio strategy

• Lincoln hit by $94m alternatives loss in Q3

  01 November 2019

  Driven by a write-down on large private equity investment

• Metlife in $1.25bn derivatives jump

  01 November 2019

  Overall flat third quarter investment income down to lower interest margins

• C-suite death assets a major risk for insurers

  30 October 2019

  ICOLI policies on senior management are opaque, source of volatility, Moody’s warns

• To outsource the CIO, or not?

  29 October 2019

  While outsourced CIOs have been predominantly used in the pension space up until now, small US insurers are increasingly seeing the benefits of such a move. But insurers' needs differ widely from those of pension funds, and service providers will need to prove their worth to win mandates. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Apollo doubles stake in Athene

  28 October 2019

  Asset manager now holds 35% of insurer with $1.5bn stock acquisition

• US insurers most concerned by late stage credit cycle

  24 October 2019

  Private and structured debt in demand, Cerulli report finds

• Q&A: the love affair between US insurers and structured products

  24 October 2019

  Michelle Russell-Dowe, head of securitised credit at Schroders, discusses the benefits of structured products for insurers’ investments and warns of growing risk in the market. Interview by Sarfraz Thind