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Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm
16 April 2025With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky
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Downturn will reveal who has been swimming naked in private markets, CIO of Convex says
14 April 2025David Dowsett, chief investment officer at Convex Insurance, sat down with Insurance Asset Risk, in a week that saw a market meltdown induced by President Trump's short-lived plan for global tariffs.
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'Real' wars, and trade wars, keep geopolitics high on Lloyd's syndicates' risk-radars
09 April 2025Conflict and resulting turbulence seem to beset all aspects of the 'world order', much to the ongoing dismay of syndicates, David Walker reports
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Future looked murky, investors say - even before Trump tariffs
07 April 2025Speakers at Insurance Asset Risk's recent Investing in Real Assets conference in London warned that mixed messaging from the White House and the Federal Reserve was creating headaches for investors
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'Even bigger than Allianz' - An $11.2trn 'general account' in Europe prepares to tackle climate change
02 April 2025To help private re/insurers, and society, face down global warming, Europe's governments are increasingly backing public re/insurers, David Walker finds
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Scottish Widows' head of RI on AI and AMs' voting records
17 March 2025Eva Cairns, head of responsible investment at Scottish Widows, explains the firm's governance policy around AI and the outcome of expecting voting policy adherence from asset managers
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It will take more than Solvency tweaks to mobilise capital in UK plc
10 March 2025Private sector stakeholders highlight the need for more effective blended finance solutions at ABI annual conference
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Insurers worldwide seek lessons from LA's infernos
05 March 2025From California to Australia, stakeholders in assessing, covering and combatting wildfire risk tell David Walker lessons will be learned from Los Angeles's horrors
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Why non-life CIOs may struggle in fight for APAC's spare capital
24 February 2025An APAC bond yield of 2.4%? Or an insurance operation's 19%? Take your pick...
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Secret Actuary - How far from 'midnight' is the 'Insurance Doomsday Clock'?
29 January 2025Actuaries tell us what metrics a Doomsday Clock for insurance would probably need - and how close to Underwriting Armageddon we really are