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  • AM Best praises Prudential Financial's investment portfolio

    18 December 2023

    Net investment income has been driver of earnings in last five years

  • US insurers drop hedge funds

    13 November 2023

    Just 15 insurers account for 79% of hedge fund holdings, according to AM Best

  • Insurers adapting investment strategies in response to cost of capital concerns

    07 November 2023

    Investor becoming more used to 'perma-crisis'

  • Fitch hails Generali's move away from Italian govvies

    19 September 2023

    Cites reduced investment concentration risk as factor in increased rating

  • IFRS 17: Are insurers ready for the same scrutiny they impose on their investees

    07 August 2023

    New accounting standards, including IFRS 17, are seeking to standardise insurance accounting globally and better reflect insurers financial positions to their investors. But is their message loud, or more importantly, clear? David Walker examines

  • UnipolSai unit has one-third of investments in BTPs

    24 July 2023

    And making 2.1% more on investment than life policies promise

  • Debt ceiling agreement not a panacea, AM Best warns

    01 June 2023

    Treasury does not have to default for US to be downgraded, says chief rating officer

  • US insurers held $7bn in Credit Suisse bonds at end 2021

    17 March 2023

    A number of insurers have small size holdings in troubled bank

  • Chart of the Week: Will insurers join an 'orderly queue', outside Silicon Valley Bank?

    17 March 2023

    From Silicon Valley Bank to Signature Bank, Silvergate to Credit Suisse, all eyes are on financials exposure

  • US Insurers' SVB exposures are limited...in most cases

    13 March 2023

    One insurer entity has invested "325% of equities" in banks, AM Best finds