30 March 2026

Highly predictable cashflow assets - still waiting for the goldrush?

Analysis

26 March 2026

Rethinking real estate

For years, real estate sat comfortably inside insurers' portfolios: a long-duration asset class offering income, diversification and, in a world of ultra-low interest rates, a relatively easy route to attractive returns.
25 March 2026

Real Estate giving back allocation to other asset classes, insurers say

Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Investing in Private Markets conference unenthusiastic about data centres
23 March 2026

The Middle East conflict is a 'general account event' for insurers

Risks are on the downside and more on the 'asset side' of re/insurers' businesses, experts say
18 March 2026

A cup of coffee or save the world? Where do insurers stand on ESG today

Attendees at IAR's recent conference were asked if they would rather declare ESG alive and well, or have some extra morning coffee...their answer...
16 March 2026

Comment: Chin up! Real estate investors look firmly ahead, not to see their own shadows

Will the groundhog beat a retreat to its burrow for a while longer?

News

  • Crisis in Strait of Hormuz prompts Aviva Investors to downgrade forecasts for year

    30 March 2026

  • Athora completes PIC acquisition and plots relocation to UK

    30 March 2026

  • Comment: How the US may one day run the world's biggest general account

    30 March 2026

  • Asahi Life makes 10-year green loan to local bank

    30 March 2026

  • Larry Fink highlights insurers in BlackRock's $400bn private assets plan

    30 March 2026

  • Ping An details $500m bullion holding in investment portfolio in 2025

    30 March 2026

  • Insurance Risk Data: Private market and self-originated investing by Europe's insurers

    27 March 2026

  • Chart of the Week: Hedgebay Securities' Andrew Kurian on private-credit stress, funds trading at discounts to NAV, and Spinal Tap's amplifier...

    27 March 2026

  • PIC acquires £200m BTR asset in Reading, UK

    27 March 2026

  • Tokio Marine's space fund sees tailwinds in geopolitical risks

    27 March 2026

  • Danish FSA ordered non-lifer to completely write-down residential property value in 2025

    27 March 2026

  • Canada Life completes £30m buy-in with Phoenix Medical Supplies

    26 March 2026

  • La Caisse and Brookfield acquire Canadian renewables developer Boralex for CA $10bn

    26 March 2026

  • Allianz takes stake in German electricity grid operator

    26 March 2026

  • MSIG Asia makes strategic investment in regional travel Insurtech developer

    26 March 2026

  • AG Insurance infra fund invests in European battery storage

    25 March 2026

  • L&G and Manulife form asset management partnership

    25 March 2026

  • Mapfre and Swiss Life JV acquire historic Rome office complex

    25 March 2026

  • Taiwan lifers could withstand 15% Middle East impairment, says S&P Global unit

    25 March 2026

  • Insurers still hungry for private assets, Goldman Sachs Survey finds

    25 March 2026

  • M&G completes $267m ABS funding deal with music royalties business Seeker

    24 March 2026

  • RBC must keep pace with life insurers' taste for emerging assets, new NAIC president says

    24 March 2026

Events

11 June 2026, 8:00 AM

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2026

Debate the key risks, challenges, and opportunities facing insurers today. London, UK.
24 June 2026, 8:00 AM

Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2026

Exploring insurer investment and asset allocation strategies amidst market volatility and rising interest rates. Hong Kong
Most Read
  1. L&G and Manulife form asset management partnership
  2. Chart of the Week: Hedgebay Securities' Andrew Kurian on private-credit stress, funds trading at discounts to NAV, and Spinal Tap's amplifier...
  3. Insurance Risk Data: Private market and self-originated investing by Europe's insurers
  4. Danish FSA ordered non-lifer to completely write-down residential property value in 2025
  5. Insurers still hungry for private assets, Goldman Sachs Survey finds
  6. Tokio Marine's space fund sees tailwinds in geopolitical risks
  7. Allianz takes stake in German electricity grid operator
  8. Rethinking real estate
  9. APAC Weekly - AIA and the Pru reveal details on private credit and outsourcing
  10. Athora describes careful private credit buying in 2025, and long-term €129m loss experience

Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2026 - UK & Europe

Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2026 - UK & Europe

The awards formally recognise the very best in insurance asset management for the UK and European markets. The winners have been announced.

Nailing their Colours to the Insurance Mast

Just a few months after, the firm has picked up the awards for both Emerging markets and Alternatives manager of the year. Mat Smith, global head of the strategic insurance group at the firm, outlines the new and novel approach his team takes when talking to potential clients.

When the time comes to navigate turbulent rivers

Winning the award for investment team of the year - asset manager, the firm's head of insurance allocation and strategy Deanna Leighton speaks about why the firm handled the year so well.

Bringing it all together

Winning for private credit manager of the year, Blackstone's global head of insurance Phil Sherrill talks about how the firm benefited last year from bringing together its credit and insurance businesses.

Scoping for insurers: Our approach to delivering multi-asset strategies to insurers

At L&G, we're committed to embracing innovation when it has a tangible benefit to our clients.

Meeting the customer's needs

Royal London Asset Management CIO Will Nicoll explains why the firm adopts a client-first approach and why the old ways are still the best.

Spotlight: Private markets

25 February 2026

Insurance Asset Risk's investing in private markets 2026 round-up

Highlights from the day's discussions
23 February 2026

NAIC to be "laser focused" on insurer's changing appetites for private and alternative assets

New NAIC president Scott A. White has set out his plans for the year in a series of recent interviews
18 February 2026

How to stress-test €600bn worth of private markets assets

As Europe's regulators mull what stressors are best to test a private markets portfolio, managers have some thoughts...
27 March 2026

Insurance Risk Data: Private market and self-originated investing by Europe's insurers

Analysts at Insurance Risk Data share key insights from their latest research on private market and self-originated investing among European insurers

Focus on Asia Pacific

More on Asia Pacific
02 March 2026

Apollo, Brookfield, KKR and Blackstone spell out Asian plans

From originating assets to buying into insurers, the largest US private assets houses spy opportunity far afield...

  • Asahi Life makes 10-year green loan to local bank

  • Ping An details $500m bullion holding in investment portfolio in 2025

  • MSIG Asia makes strategic investment in regional travel Insurtech developer

  • Taiwan lifers could withstand 15% Middle East impairment, says S&P Global unit

  • APAC Weekly - AIA and the Pru reveal details on private credit and outsourcing

  • AIA's CIO spells out key elements in delegation relationships for private credit

  • Tokio Marine AM says alt AM fund volatility may persist amid AI market disruption

  • Dai-ichi Life pumps more into Tokyo's climate transition bonds

  • Asset origination trumps name recognition on private asset managers, Prudential CFO says

  • Ardian wins infrastructure outsourcing mandate in Taiwan

  • Asahi Life backs Hokkaido battery project

  • M&G's impact manager signs $21.5m financing package with Sri Lankan NBFI

Outsourcing

  • Chart of the Week: Hedgebay Securities' Andrew Kurian on private-credit stress, funds trading at discounts to NAV, and Spinal Tap's amplifier...

  • Tokio Marine's space fund sees tailwinds in geopolitical risks

  • Rethinking real estate

  • Athora outlines fund-based outsourcing for Catalina Holdings during 2025

People

  • Muzinich appoints new global head of investments

  • AB appoints new global head of insurance - client group

  • APAC Weekly - How 'DEI by stealth' is paying off at Japan's insurers

  • PIC appoints chair of investment and origination committee

Regulation

  • Highly predictable cashflow assets - still waiting for the goldrush?

  • Danish FSA ordered non-lifer to completely write-down residential property value in 2025

  • RBC must keep pace with life insurers' taste for emerging assets, new NAIC president says

  • S&P Ratings says foreign units will replace profits from keiretsu sales in Japan

Systems/Data

  • Winners of the 2026 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards announced

  • NAIC plans March launch for AI assessment tool

  • Generali Deutschland selects Clearwater Analytics to help scale €40bn unit-linked fund business

  • Insurance Asset Risk survey: US debt levels - should CIOs be worried?