18 December 2024

Moody's downgrade of France, the more things change the more they stay the same

Analysis

16 December 2024

Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack

Rainforest Action Network says there is a "shocking lack of transparency about what insurers are underwriting and investing in"
12 December 2024

Does a litigious society pose a greater risk to insurers than global warming?

Insurance Asset Risk recently sat down with Chin Liu, director of insurance-linked securities (ILS), fixed income solutions and responsible investment research at Amundi US to discuss why ILS can be a good investment for life insurers and why eagle-eyed lawyers can pose a bigger risk to insurers than climate change.
09 December 2024

CIO Interview: Conning worried the Fed is not paying enough attention to inflation

Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Cindy Beaulieu, Conning's CIO for North America, to discuss the recent presidential election, the effect a second Trump administration could have on insurers, and the prospects for asset classes and investment risk in 2025.
04 December 2024

Japan's insurers put their weight behind plan for an 'asset management nation'

Tokyo wants Japan to be a nation known for good asset management - a goal that its insurers manifestly desire too

News

  • Liberty Mutual backs next-generation geothermal development business

    20 December 2024

  • Manulife IM invests in US solar power developer

    20 December 2024

  • Chart of the Week: The real-world effects of the media's pessimism about climate change

    20 December 2024

  • M&G Real Estate acquires €126m of resi properties in Spain and Portugal

    20 December 2024

  • Mirova participates in AUD 72m fundraise for Australian EV firm

    20 December 2024

  • Manulife IM's data centre business completes $1.6bn fundraise

    19 December 2024

  • Ecclesiastical parent company appoints CFO

    19 December 2024

  • Mapfre invests in sustainable forestry business to offset emissions

    19 December 2024

  • Just Group completes £4m buy-in with G R Wright & Sons

    18 December 2024

  • LGAH acquires UK affordable homes portfolio

    18 December 2024

  • M&G Real Estate disposes two UK warehouses for £100m

    18 December 2024

  • SLAM takes stake in Spanish toll road operator

    18 December 2024

  • DB pension schemes finding it more difficult to attract insurer attention, Standard Life survey finds

    18 December 2024

  • Folksamgruppen invests SEK 3bn in energy transition fund

    17 December 2024

  • Admiral Group invests in Schroders Capital's junior infrastructure debt fund

    17 December 2024

  • CDPQ invests $240m in US telecoms real estate owner

    17 December 2024

  • M&G launches Japan equities fund

    17 December 2024

  • APAC Weekly - 'Rebalancing risk' of homeowners and insurers, in an era of climate change

    17 December 2024

  • Royal London completes £102m buy-in with Tennants Consolidated

    16 December 2024

  • MEAG invests in portfolio of European data centres

    16 December 2024

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  1. Admiral Group invests in Schroders Capital's junior infrastructure debt fund
  2. Moody's downgrade of France, the more things change the more they stay the same
  3. Carlyle-owned asset manager scores massive win in outsourcing by Nippon Life
  4. Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack
  5. DB pension schemes finding it more difficult to attract insurer attention, Standard Life survey finds
  6. LGAH acquires UK affordable homes portfolio
  7. M&G Real Estate disposes two UK warehouses for £100m
  8. SLAM takes stake in Spanish toll road operator
  9. Just Group completes £4m buy-in with G R Wright & Sons
  10. Nippon Life can manage risks of funded re after Resolution M&A, S&P Global Ratings predicts

Focus on the USA

More on the USA
09 December 2024

CIO Interview: Conning worried the Fed is not paying enough attention to inflation

Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Cindy Beaulieu, Conning's CIO for North America, to discuss the recent presidential election, the effect a second Trump administration could have on insurers, and the prospects for asset classes and investment risk in 2025.
27 November 2024

Europe vs the US in 2025: Which is the better placed to boom?

"Lost decade" of poor European equities is over according to DWS's new global CIO, but US could be better placed for growth

  • Liberty Mutual backs next-generation geothermal development business

  • Manulife IM invests in US solar power developer

  • Manulife IM's data centre business completes $1.6bn fundraise

  • CDPQ invests $240m in US telecoms real estate owner

  • Liberty Mutual backs next-generation geothermal development business

  • Manulife IM invests in US solar power developer

  • Manulife IM's data centre business completes $1.6bn fundraise

  • CDPQ invests $240m in US telecoms real estate owner

Spotlight: CIO interviews

06 November 2024

How is Aviva balancing the influx of BPA business?

Ashish Dafria, CIO at Aviva, and Barry Fowler, director, insurance and investment solutions at Aviva Investors, discuss how the two businesses are working together on the ever-plentiful number of BPA deals being done
16 October 2024

The art of fishing in more than one pond at F&G

Chief investment officer Leena Punjabi discusses the US insurer's investment strategy, its partnership with Blackstone, and where the investment opportunities currently lie.
09 October 2024

Pricing in the benefits of old age

Genworth chief investment officer Kelly Saltzgaber explains how the US insurer makes the most of its liabilities characteristics to find yield in duration and illiquid assets
02 October 2024

Guardian's partnership with HPS Investment Partners

CIO Nick Liolis explains why Guardian is going against the PE tide, by taking a minority stake in HPS Investment Partners

Outsourcing

  • Nippon Life can manage risks of funded re after Resolution M&A, S&P Global Ratings predicts

  • Carlyle-owned asset manager scores massive win in outsourcing by Nippon Life

  • Varma invests €500m in Japanese climate ETF

  • Japan's insurers put their weight behind plan for an 'asset management nation'

People

  • Ecclesiastical parent company appoints CFO

  • AB appoints head of insurance EMEA and APAC from Wellington Management

  • Generali Investments appoints chief of investments

  • MassMutual elects The Hartford CIO to its board

Regulation

  • DB pension schemes finding it more difficult to attract insurer attention, Standard Life survey finds

  • Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack

  • NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says

  • BoE calls for increased transparency around PE-backed (re)insurers' exposures

Systems/Data

  • Axa IM hails blockchain trials a success

  • Mapfre AM to unify investment process for public and private assets

  • Til tech do us part - are AI investments a love story for the ages?

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk North America awards