Analysis

• Insurance Asset Risk's top stories of 2014

  29 December 2014

  The events of 2014 confirmed that low interest rates and regulatory change remain the top concerns for insurers, says Christopher Cundy

• Alternative assets move up the London market billing

  17 December 2014

  With the London market likely to soften further in 2015, insurers will increasingly have to look beyond underwriting returns to make a profit, with many expected to revise asset strategies. Christopher Cundy explores

• Fathoming out inflation hedges

  10 December 2014

  The UK has set out a scenario for economic development that could lead to insurers and pension funds taking on a huge amount of inflation risk. Christopher Cundy reports

• EU insurers search for liquidity in US bond markets

  04 December 2014

  A paucity of appropriate assets is leading European insurers to other markets. But what are the risks in terms of hedging and eligibility for the matching adjustment? Christopher Cundy reports

• The art of asset allocation

  25 November 2014

  Creating an asset allocation policy is only the first step in an insurer's asset management business. Getting the policy implemented is a whole separate challenge. Julian Temes, head of strategy implementation at Zurich, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the nitty gritty of execution.

• Weighing up the capital charges for assets under Solvency II

  19 November 2014

  Gareth Mee runs through the capital charges that will apply to assets commonly held by insurers and explains where internal models could bring a better or worse treatment than the standard formula

• Revisiting replicating portfolios

  14 November 2014

  The benefits of using orthogonal calibration with principal component analysis of the candidate assets when calibrating a replicating portfolio are explained by Alexey Botvinnik, Dr Mario Hoerig, Dr Florian Ketterer, Alexander Tazov and Florian Wechsung

• BlackRock remains top of asset manager rankings

  11 November 2014

  Allianz down to third; total AuM of 500 managers at record level

• Insurers' private equity investment gets a fillip from Brussels

  30 October 2014

  Clarification of the Solvency II capital charges will clear the way for more insurers to embrace the asset class, joining those already attracted by the superior returns

• Partnership's collegiate approach to managing its assets

  22 October 2014

  CIO Alex Veys describes the UK life insurer's investment style and structure, and the relationship with its external manager. Hardeep Dhillon reports