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Chart of the Week - Outsourcing by Bermudian re/insurers
16 August 2024Bermuda re/insurers seek a lot of expert help from independent asset managers
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Arch Capital delivers 'mixed messages' about external outsourcing in 2023
14 August 2024Returns undershot complex benchmark in 2023, but beat it the year before
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Axa IM Alts backs preterm birth reduction tech firm
18 July 2024Investing $14m in Novocuff as part of Series A funding round
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Aviva completes buy-in with John Turner Construction Group
09 May 2024Deal completed via insurer's Clarity service targeting smaller pension schemes
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Core competency - Lloyd's syndicates go outsourcing, and not just for peripheral assets
08 May 2024Lloyd's syndicates hire external help for the core of their general accounts, even if delegating makes more headlines when non-mainstream assets are involved
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CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'
02 May 2024In severe 'Nat Cat years' before 2023, CIOs at Lloyd's acted as 'cash registers', disgorging cash to meet steep property claims. Last year, a 'break in the weather' let them 'take stock', and many seized that 'down-time' to progress climate-investing with managers and funds
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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Arch Insurance acquires Allianz US MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses in $1.8bn deal
08 April 2024Capital required to support the business estimated at $1.4bn
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Aviva seals £45m buy-in with Robertson Research Group
28 March 2024Scheme overcomes liquidity issues to complete deal
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Manulife IM appoints private markets head from BlackRock
08 February 2024Anne Valentine Andrews joins the affiliate from 4 March