'R': the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything (insurance)?
Two economists disagree on current levels of recessionary risk during the Insurance Asset Risk 2022 Real Assets conference. Vincent Huck reports
The Asian hedge against stagflation, according to Peak Re chief economist
Clarence Wong highlights the strong economic outlook for APAC at Insurance Asset Risk Investing in Real Assets conference 2022, and why the region's real assets are a source of opportunities for insurers globally. Vincent Huck reports.
CIO interview: Hiscox lined up for 2022 reinvestment opportunities
James Millard was appointed group CIO at Hiscox in January 2020. He looks back at the last two years and explains why he has high expectations for 2022. Interview by Vincent Huck
Insurance ALM turns 160 years old!
Today marks the 160th anniversary of what is believed to be the first actuarial paper on asset-liability management.... but has anything really changed since 1862? Vincent Huck blows out the candles, and gets reading...
Insurers define the 'central bank gambit'
In an environment of heightened inflation and rising rates, should insurers play defensively against the central banks' next moves?
How optimising for Hong Kong RBC is music to a CIO's ears
General accounts investments ideally work in harmony. Hong Kong's CIOs, the 'conductors' seeking such harmony, explain to David Walker approaching RBC rules require some 'GA fine-tuning'
IFRS 17 and 9 - The tricky balance between local and group reporting
Blake Sowerby, IFRS 17/9 programme manager, Asia region, at Generali, discusses with Vincent Huck the accounting standards' implementation and expected changes in insurers' investment behaviour
Hong Kong regulation's benefits more than numerical, insurers say
Capital charge numbers are an important part of Hong Kong's RBC, but insurers tell David Walker that the qualitative improvements they expect in how underwriters manage their risk will be as important
Chinese political risk - a real or imagined threat in the minds of CIOs?
To most investors China is an object of allocation-lust, for its gigantic size and the promise of exponential opportunities. But insurers still fear risk. Is that justified? Vincent Huck seeks some answers
Interview with New York regulator's climate head
The NYDFS's unaugural climate change division superintendent, Nina Chen, talks through the regulator's plans to instigate better climate practices among insurers. Interview by Sarfraz Thind