18 April 2024

"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings

Analysis

17 April 2024

Japan's CIOs have alternatives managers in their sights

The Bank of Japan may have stolen the limelight last month, but insurance CIOs made headlines as well, with eye-catching allocations to non-mainstream assets and emerging managers
15 April 2024

On the merry-go-round of asset classes, with Generali Group's CIO Francesco Martorana

In the second part of this interview, Generali group CIO Francesco Martorana discusses on the merry-go-round of asset classes the Italian giant invests in, and provides an outlook for the next 12 to 18 months
11 April 2024

What lurks below - Lloyd's syndicates shine a light on 'level 3' illiquid holdings

While liquid bonds dominate syndicates' general accounts, liquidity analysis reveals there is more to investment portfolios at Lloyd's

News

  • Offshore wind transmission assets increasingly attractive, LGIM says

    19 April 2024

  • Mapfre appoints group CIO

    19 April 2024

  • Generali gives Conning CEO and chair keys to asset management empire

    19 April 2024

  • Prudential Life buys into shipping green bond for 1.175% coupon

    19 April 2024

  • Chart of the Week - Uniform SCR-breakdown for IM users becomes possible, for non-UK Insurers, at least...

    19 April 2024

  • NZAOA releases fourth target setting protocol

    18 April 2024

  • AG Insurance optimistic on corporate bonds as rate cuts near

    18 April 2024

  • Fitch Ratings predicts UK bulk annuity transaction volumes will pass £60bn in 2024

    18 April 2024

  • AllianceBernstein appoints first chief investment officer of insurance

    18 April 2024

  • RLAM appoints successor to head of fixed income

    18 April 2024

  • Comment: EIOPA fires its own starting gun on actually implementing Solvency II reform

    18 April 2024

  • Comparable SCR data appears for internal model users in Europe, from revised reporting requirements

    18 April 2024

  • Liberty Mutual completes thermal coal divestment policy

    17 April 2024

  • RLAM warns BoE rates cut not guaranteed, after April CPI figures higher than expected

    17 April 2024

  • Insurers' investments face risks in case of Israel-Iran conflict escalation, S&P says

    17 April 2024

Market Insight

Income strips for insurers - a natural fit?

Given their high quality and inflation-linked nature, income strips have always been a popular asset class with insurers but current market dynamics make the opportunity particularly attractive, in our view.

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Spotlight: Transitioning to Net Zero Carbon

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  • Lack of nature-related scenarios a challenge for target setting, insurers say

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Focus on Asia Pacific

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Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2024

Insurer investment and asset allocation strategies in a volatile and high interest rate environment

17 April 2024

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  • Prudential Life buys into shipping green bond for 1.175% coupon

  • Dai-ichi Life makes first sustainability-linked loans worth JPY 12bn

  • M&G Real Estate promotes Alexander Banzic to head of Australia

  • China Re grows investment income 22% in 2023

  • News roundup: Insurance asset management

  • Changes in MS&AD bond holdings do not deter revisions to full-year forecasts

  • Meiji Yasuda aims for JPY 800bn ESG investments by March 2027

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Events

10 June 2024, 9:00 AM BST

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024

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Report

Bermuda Insurance Investment Outsourcing and Performance Report 2024

200 pages and 100 exhibits. Unique market intelligence covering outsourcing at 150+ Bermudian insurers.

Outsourcing

  • Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?

  • What lurks below - Lloyd's syndicates shine a light on 'level 3' illiquid holdings

  • Insurers not holding managers to account on responsible investing, ShareAction finds

  • Conning CEO on Generali's acquisition and AI in asset management

People

  • Mapfre appoints group CIO

  • Generali gives Conning CEO and chair keys to asset management empire

  • AllianceBernstein appoints first chief investment officer of insurance

  • RLAM appoints successor to head of fixed income

Regulation

  • Chart of the Week - Uniform SCR-breakdown for IM users becomes possible, for non-UK Insurers, at least...

  • Comment: EIOPA fires its own starting gun on actually implementing Solvency II reform

  • Comparable SCR data appears for internal model users in Europe, from revised reporting requirements

  • SFCRs shine light on German legacy life books, and investments, of Zurich and AXA

Systems/Data

  • Three-quarters of European institutional investors expect ESG to have bigger investment role in next 12 months

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk awards

  • Ortec Finance appoints new chief innovation officer

  • Singapore's regulator issues phase one of Generative AI risk framework