Analysis

  • Insurance Asset Risk's investing in private markets 2026 round-up

    25 February 2026

    Highlights from the day's discussions

  • NAIC to be "laser focused" on insurer's changing appetites for private and alternative assets

    23 February 2026

    New NAIC president Scott A. White has set out his plans for the year in a series of recent interviews

  • How to stress-test €600bn worth of private markets assets

    18 February 2026

    As Europe's regulators mull what stressors are best to test a private markets portfolio, managers have some thoughts...

  • Are US Treasuries 'safe' or is it time to strike them out?

    16 February 2026

    Investors reduced allocations in H1 2025 to US govvies, but their utility remains

  • Results at insurance industry's 'Fabulous Five' PE backers take off

    11 February 2026

    Blackstone, KKR, Brookfield and Apollo make hay from insurance work - and CVC may yet, too

  • Safe haven in catastrophe? How cat bonds and ILS can be good investments for life insurers

    09 February 2026

    IAR speaks with Sidney Rostan, head of insurance-linked securities at Scor Investment Partners about the ups and downs of cat bond investing

  • Investing in the US renewables market this year? It will pay to think niche

    04 February 2026

    Generali's Infranity is aiming to invest €600m in US renewables in the coming years, despite the White House's current anti-green stance

  • Geopolitical hotseat: The same pace of drama can't continue for rest of year, Conning CIO says

    02 February 2026

    Long-term fiscal position of the US a problem as debt level unsustainable

  • It's still early innings for Alt IM-owned insurers - what's their play?

    28 January 2026

    Fitch Ratings warns of "elevated losses" if the credit cycle turns and discusses "esoteric" investments

  • Something rotten in the state of US debt - Danes 'dump Trump'

    26 January 2026

    Mercurial politics, Fed independence and sheer indebtedness all play roles for Danish and Swedish CIOs ditching US debt