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The thorny regulatory issue of PE and Bermudian re/insurers
23 September 2024The BMA has its sights set on parent-originated illiquid investments in the GAs of Bermuda's underwriters
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Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?
12 April 2024With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's
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Comment - BMA picks up the 'big stick' for Bermuda's CIOs
13 February 2023The regulator's announcement on illiquids and alternatives was all-stick-no-carrot, but will the BMA bite not just bark, at CIOs?
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Investor pressure the catalyst for reinsurers' ESG focus
05 May 2021Companies are being faced down by largest investors in world, says AM Best
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Axis Capital rules out backing fossil fuel projects in Alaskan region
15 January 2021Decision respects traditional ownership of lands by Gwich'in people
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43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies
02 December 2020Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies
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Blackstone poaches New York Life Investments chief and sets $100bn insurance AuM target
09 January 2018US private equity and alternative asset manager Blackstone has set a target to quadruple the amount of assets it manages on behalf of insurance clients
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Hedge fund reinsurers feel the heat
07 September 2016Poor investment performance and tight reinsurance markets have squeezed returns for hedge fund reinsurers. With some already exiting the market, what for the future? Sarfraz Thind reports.
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Axis loses $27m from hedge fund investments
29 April 2016First quarter net investment income halved