01 January 2026

Outsourcing RT series: Part III, Outsourcing and private markets assets - a new world for outsourcing?

Analysis

29 December 2025

How did insurers survive a rocky year on the "surprise index"?

Wellington talks interest rate fluctuations, geopolitics and the new bogeyman of the moment - the threat of an AI bubble
25 December 2025

Outsourcing RT series: Part II, structuring the modern outsourcing deal: insurers expectation

Insurers examine how, together with their asset managers, they are now structuring outsourcing arrangements
24 December 2025

Real Estate debt - lending high, activity low?

Aviva Investors' head of real estate debt, Gregor Bamert, discusses the reasons RE debt has become increasingly attractive to investors, and why the office is very much alive
22 December 2025

Munich Re is going big on data centres, what's the secret to their success?

Several deals in the sector have led to the launch of a new fund and now the sky's the limit?
18 December 2025

Outsourcing roundtable series: Part I, Does the traditional 'mandate model' has a future?

Insurers explore how regulation, private assets and ESG are reshaping outsourcing today and in the decade ahead.
17 December 2025

Can the Savings and Investments Union transform €33trn of idle wealth into future growth?

Europe is a continent of savers - but not of investors. More than €33trn sits in household financial assets across the EU, much of it in bank deposits earning little or nothing in real terms.

News

  • Aberdeen hails UK stock market mid-caps for investor focus

    02 January 2026

  • Chart of the Week - Australia's non-lifers face growing natcat losses (and liquidity needs)

    02 January 2026

  • MassMutual joins $7.4bn Janus Henderson acquisition

    02 January 2026

  • Mirova acquires 88MW Swedish wind farm portfolio

    02 January 2026

  • MEAG invests €150m in Fred Olsen Windcarrier

    01 January 2026

  • Folksam Liv divests from SEK 137.8m Gothenburg property

    01 January 2026

  • MetLife IM completes acquisition of PineBridge

    31 December 2025

  • Mapfre acquires historic Madrid office building

    31 December 2025

  • Meiji Yasuda finances JPY 3bn transition loan for Hokkaido Electric Power Company

    31 December 2025

  • Fitch to watch growing private credit scale and complexity in 2026

    31 December 2025

  • APAC Weekly - The path ahead for APAC Insurers, and their CIOs, in 2026...

    30 December 2025

  • Cathay Life buys $789m majority stake in Taiwan wind farm

    30 December 2025

  • Dai-ichi Life invests JPY 4.7bn in carbon capture bond

    30 December 2025

  • Comment - How to 'reverse engineer' a property insurer's natcat warning

    29 December 2025

  • Private credit: "No need to panic" AG Insurance CIO says

    29 December 2025

  • Chart of the Week - German men: Do not read this article!

    26 December 2025

  • Generali's Infranity invests €2bn over last 12 months

    26 December 2025

  • Canada Life ends year with £189m buy-in

    26 December 2025

  • Comment - Reflections on China, loss ratios, and being an 'EV Sex Machine'...

    25 December 2025

  • NAIC expresses "deep concern" over Trump's AI order

    25 December 2025

  • AEW acquires Italian logistics asset

    25 December 2025

  • M&G appoints head of wholesale distribution and partnerships for Japan

    24 December 2025

  • Standard Life completes £525m buy-in with Skanska Pension Fund

    24 December 2025

  • APAC Weekly - Will Australia's public cyclone reinsurer ever run out of puff?

    23 December 2025

  • Institutional investors expect to increase digital asset allocations in next 12 months

    23 December 2025

  • M&G Real Estate acquires €100m Dutch logistics portfolio

    23 December 2025

  • AIG expands investment in Salford City FC

    22 December 2025

Market Insights

Top Investment Considerations for Insurers in 2026

Mercer's Top Considerations spotlights insurers' challenges, questions assumptions and maps how investors can adapt to sector shifts and emerging technologies.

Sub-IG infra debt: Exploring risk spectrum for insurers

Infrastructure debt has moved beyond toll roads to sectors like data centers and battery storage. For insurers, sub-IG infra debt can offer stability, yield and capital efficiency and can help achieve both financial and strategic objectives in today's market.

Event

25 February 2026, 8:00 AM

Investing in Private Markets Conference 2026

Dive into private markets with top insurers and experts. Gain actionable insights on regulation, liquidity, and capital-efficient investing. London, UK
Most Read
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  2. APAC Weekly - The path ahead for APAC Insurers, and their CIOs, in 2026...
  3. Outsourcing RT series: Part II, structuring the modern outsourcing deal: insurers expectation
  4. Cathay Life buys $789m majority stake in Taiwan wind farm
  5. Dai-ichi Life invests JPY 4.7bn in carbon capture bond
  6. The savings illusion: why Europe needs investment, not deposits - and the insurers' role
  7. MetLife IM completes acquisition of PineBridge
  8. Private credit: "No need to panic" AG Insurance CIO says
  9. Fitch to watch growing private credit scale and complexity in 2026
  10. Meiji Yasuda finances JPY 3bn transition loan for Hokkaido Electric Power Company

Insurance Investment Outsourcing Trends

28 November 2025

Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets

Analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows it is not just Europe's life juggernauts sourcing private assets....
14 November 2025

Chart of the Week - Who owns Europe's insurance industry?

Insurance Risk Data has conducted granular analysis of ownership for 1,782 European insurance undertakings
24 October 2025

Chart of the Week: Why 439 is the 'magic number' for outsourcing managers working for Europe's CIOs

Insurance Risk Data has published its seventh research report on investment outsourcing by Europe's CIOs
03 October 2025

COTW - How outsourcing (and other GA) expenses landed Europe's insurers with a €67bn bill

IM expenses are at eight-year peaks, with German and French CIOs paying (un)comfortably the most

Spotlight: Liquidity management

29 October 2025

Private markets: Buying in, and stress-testing 'to the moon and back'

Three US life insurers' chief investment officers discuss the 'hot and cold' of private-market investing
07 November 2025

Chart of the Week: PE-owned lifers, private assets, and the BIS

The Bank for International Settlements has taken aim at numerous topics swirling around life insurers, all linked by 'illiquidity'
31 October 2025

BaFin warns insurers about alternatives and illiquidity

Regulators survey finds small German insurers commit more of GA to alts
25 February 2026, 8:00 AM

Investing in Private Markets Conference 2026

Dive into private markets with top insurers and experts. Gain actionable insights on regulation, liquidity, and capital-efficient investing. London, UK

Focus on Asia Pacific

More on Asia Pacific
01 January 2026

Outsourcing RT series: Part III, Outsourcing and private markets assets - a new world for outsourcing?

Insurers explore the potential impact of insurance CIOs increased appetite for non-mainstream, manager-originated assets, on the outsourcing agreements

  • Chart of the Week - Australia's non-lifers face growing natcat losses (and liquidity needs)

  • Meiji Yasuda finances JPY 3bn transition loan for Hokkaido Electric Power Company

  • APAC Weekly - The path ahead for APAC Insurers, and their CIOs, in 2026...

  • Cathay Life buys $789m majority stake in Taiwan wind farm

  • Dai-ichi Life invests JPY 4.7bn in carbon capture bond

  • Comment - How to 'reverse engineer' a property insurer's natcat warning

  • Comment - Reflections on China, loss ratios, and being an 'EV Sex Machine'...

  • M&G appoints head of wholesale distribution and partnerships for Japan

  • APAC Weekly - Will Australia's public cyclone reinsurer ever run out of puff?

  • Japan Post signs innovation partnership with Kobe University

  • M&G launched Asia fixed income strategy

  • Comment: From Bondi to Sydney's sweltering west, Australia's most beautiful city loses its lustre

Outsourcing

  • Outsourcing RT series: Part III, Outsourcing and private markets assets - a new world for outsourcing?

  • Outsourcing RT series: Part II, structuring the modern outsourcing deal: insurers expectation

  • Outsourcing roundtable series: Part I, Does the traditional 'mandate model' has a future?

  • Generali and BPCE AM platform plans fall through

People

  • Aon appoints insurer and reinsurer partner to investment team

  • M&G hires Simon Tasker to chief transformation role

  • Prudential Financial appoints CIO from Goldman Sachs Asset Management

  • Aberdeen expands strategic insurance team with APAC appointments

Regulation

  • NAIC expresses "deep concern" over Trump's AI order

  • Can the Savings and Investments Union transform €33trn of idle wealth into future growth?

  • EIOPA warns of concentration risks in private credit exposure

  • NAIC task force looks a clarifying principles of RBC process

Systems/Data

  • Chart of the Week - German men: Do not read this article!

  • Chart of the week: can PE tame the insurance beast?

  • M&G launches active ETF range with £350m backing from Life and AM arms

  • Schroders appoints head of investment for public markets