Insurers have options against inflation, but concerns persist
Chief investment officers and chief risk officers should be worried about a potential stagflation, according to panellists at Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2022, Vincent Huck reports.
Chief investment officers and chief risk officers should be worried about a potential stagflation, according to panellists at Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2022, Vincent Huck reports.
The UK government's disastrous foray into budget setting last week has been treated with dismay and disgust by market participants. Amid plunging sterling and soaring gilt yields can insurance investors hold on? Sarfraz Thind reports
The conference was held in New York on 27 September and highlighted the pain ahead for insurance investors. Vincent Huck reports
Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta looks at how sustainability could add purpose to the Insurance industry and why it's the stumbling block of the current Solvency II review
As the APAC population ages, insurers, asset managers and governments are among those seeking solutions to an emerging challenge: funding retirement. DWS's Ellen Yang is working to bring reinsurers' balance sheet to that equation, for the benefit of all, she tells David Walker
High yield is usually associated with high risk. But Arena Capital is showing it need not be so—it has produced stellar returns for insurers in recent times and in doing so smoothed out some of the volatility associated with the asset class. Sarfraz Thind reports
Never one to shirk a challenge, TC Wilson has gone from a finance sceptic to manage the funds for the US's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. He tells his story to Sarfraz Thind
With RVS in Monte Carlo well underway, Abbie Wood spoke to industry experts to learn how rising interest rates could push reinsurers away from the illiquid assets from which they once sought yield... but not all the experts agree.
Max Davies and Francisco Sebastian of Wellington Management discuss with David Walker how IFRS standards stand to affect insurers in APAC, and beyond, and the various aspects of their businesses underwriters should be considering, to best position themselves for the change
Ahead of the end of the public comment period next week on potential changes to the NAIC's reliance on rating agencies, Amnon Levy and Bill Poutsiaka explore the implications of such changes for insurers
The US Chamber of Commerce has criticised President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, warning that it will "discourage investments" and "undermine economic growth", but do the means justify the ends when it comes to ESG? Abbie Wood finds out
European members of parliament are back from their summer holidays, and there promises to be a heated debate on Solvency II before the review even goes to trilogue. Vincent Huck reports