USA Focus

  • Conning CIO says Fed independence intact as Trump names nominee for Fed chair

    30 January 2026

    Cindy Beaulieu unconvinced Powell will step down as a governor in May

  • Insurance Asset Risk survey: US debt levels - should CIOs be worried?

    29 January 2026

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  • NAIC backs abolition of US Federal Insurance Office

    27 January 2026

    Proposed McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act aims to restore balance between the states and federal government

  • WR Berkley notes blurring between distributors and competitors as PE invests

    27 January 2026

    "Sacred relationship" of two historically distinct parties has broken, says WR Berkley

  • Comment: Might Allianz's Oliver Bate win the next Nobel Peace Prize?

    22 January 2026

    Allianz CEO might yet edge out US President, in award panel's decision

  • Change for the dollar? RLAM says check your currency hedges

    16 January 2026

    US policy uncertainty, potential increases in deficit spending, and challenges to Fed independence raise doubts over greenback's safe haven status

  • P&C insurers' balance sheets and investment returns strong in 2026, Moody's says

    09 January 2026

    Most regions to continue to benefit from reinvestment yields that exceed levels during the low-rate era

  • MassMutual joins $7.4bn Janus Henderson acquisition

    02 January 2026

    Alongside General Catalyst Group Management and Trian Fund Management

  • MetLife IM completes acquisition of PineBridge

    31 December 2025

    Accelerating MetLife's growth in asset management

  • NAIC expresses "deep concern" over Trump's AI order

    25 December 2025

    President's recent executive order aims to block states from creating new AI regulation

  • NAIC task force looks a clarifying principles of RBC process

    12 December 2025

    Task force members warn against aping scope of Europe's Solvency II

  • Chart of the week: can PE tame the insurance beast?

    12 December 2025

    What is the share of PE ownership of EU and US insurance industries?

  • Manulife IM invests in US PBSA project

    11 December 2025

    Acquires site in Auburn, Alabama, in deal with Landmark Properties

  • NAIC takes aim at insurer investment subsidiaries

    10 December 2025

    As NAIC president takes aim at criticism of states' regulators' measures around evolving investment structures

  • Expect NAIC to shift gears on RBC reform in 2026, Wellington Management says

    09 December 2025

    Work on covariance analysis also expected to reach a conclusion