Market insight

  • FHLB for Insurers: Don't Wait for a Crisis.

    Federal Home Loan Bank financing programs are becoming more popular with insurers.

  • Non-life insurers: adding convexity to combat COVID

    Generating convexity and lowering volatility can help non-life insurers achieve their investment goals in the new environment

  • Residential mortgages & consumer loans. A new investment avenue for insurers?

    Consumer finance is one of the largest and most diverse credit asset classes in Europe, and is particularly attractive for insurers subject to Solvency II. Explore the benefits.

  • The unique climate risks facing insurers

    Climate change presents insurers with unique risks, from paying weather-related claims to finding lower-carbon investments. A new white paper by Robeco examines the whole issue and offers some solutions

  • Covid-19 Crisis: Assessing the impact of market volatility on European insurers

    With the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic putting the insurance sector under further stress, we estimate the impact of recent market movements on European solvency ratios across life and non-life companies.

  • ESG ETFs, an insurer's tool for short and long-term risk management

    Why Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are emerging as a key vehicle for insurers looking to integrate environmental, social & governance (ESG) criteria into their portfolios

  • Conning's 2020 State of the States Report Now Available

    State credit quality overall is its best in a decade, but the COVID-19 pandemic will not affect states equally. Download Conning's latest State of the States report to learn more.

  • Enhanced indexing solutions for insurers

    Over the past decade, investors have operated a massive shift from actively managed strategies into passive ones. For insurance companies, the move towards passive has often been encouraged through their strategic asset allocation processes typically using common equity indices as a benchmark.

  • See the Big Picture

    A common blind spot for insurers: understanding the full investment risk of your general account and your DB pension plan. See the whole picture, with help from Conning

  • Rethinking insurance investment: can we make the complex simple?

    Insurance investment today is challenging, thanks to a confluence of low yields, growing regulatory requirements and increasingly diverse balance sheets. New assets, strategies and partnerships have the potential to help insurers cut through this complexity and deliver sustainable solutions.

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