USA Focus

Northwestern Mutual boots fintech fund

US insurer increases size of its corporate venture capital vehicle by 75% to $350m

NA lifers resilient in face of hypothetical private credit market stress, S&P Global Ratings says

Agency's stress test finds only "extreme scenario" likely to impact significant proportion of firms' capital scores

Institutional investors double ETF use in last five years

Cerulli and Invesco report finds 45% of ETF users plan to increase allocations over next 24 months

Allianz says regional safe-haven assets are replacing US debt and Greenback

Study finds Greenback's protective status for shareholders is "increasingly conditional"

Fraudsters convicted in California after attacking Rolls Royce - dressed as a bear

Unclear which GA assets might have been encashed, if any, to meet claims

Liberty Mutual Investments backs Square Nine as part of private credit push

Partnership signals insurer's continued focus on long-term capital deployment and underserved areas of the US middle market

Left behind in the dust? NAIC president pushes back on private credit regulation criticism

Scott White pens letter to refute WSJ article claims that regulators are lagging behind on private market risks and states due diligence framework for credit rating providers is on the way

AM Best suggests time is running out for PE/AM to buy into US annuity industry

Profits from a key product PE/AM-owned insurers used face tougher conditions in future

Blackstone and Capital Z-owned insurer launches Bermuda capital solutions business

Mezura CP will give re/insurers ways to manage their capital burdens

Apollo highlights "very small" average levered loan exposure of US insurers

AM Best highlights reinsurance by Athene as contributor to US lifers' total income rise in 2025

PGIM appoints US economist

Robert Sockin joins from Citigroup

Comment: Direction for US insurance policy after the NAIC's spring meeting

Amnon Levy CEO of Bridgeway analytics looks back to last month's NAIC Spring National Meeting in San Diego

Conning sticks to cautious asset approach as geopolitical shocks test markets

As well as widening spreads and scrutiny of private markets

War, oil and uncertainty keep the Fed in limbo, Conning says

Comment: How the US may one day run the world's biggest general account

Academics argue Washington should become a low-cost home reinsurer as the global climate warms