Archive

  • Arch Capital hires Meredith Whitney

    10 December 2015

    Ex-analyst will oversee $800m equity portfolio

  • Insurers need change in mindset to embrace ETFs fully

    29 October 2015

    The attraction of exchange-traded funds to insurance investors is increasing but further growth may be slowed by regulatory worries and resistance from proponents of an active approach to portfolio management. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Insurers take on more investment risk as quantitative easing bites

    26 October 2015

    Industry falls out of love with infra debt and ramps up cash holdings

  • Insurers face up to the asset test of Solvency II

    23 September 2015

    As solvency ratios come under pressure and the introduction of Solvency II with its higher capital charges for some asset classes looms, insurers are taking a hard look at the risk in their asset portfolios, as Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Insurers tweak fixed-income approaches to be ready for rate rises

    20 August 2015

    There are still many ways to make money in fixed-income amid the uncertainty over when rates will start to tick up. Insurers are adopting varied approaches as they also get ready for the new constraints Solvency II will introduce in just over four months. David Turner reports

  • BlackRock given NAIC modelling role

    18 August 2015

    Contract covers CMBS and RMBS

  • Investing £25bn in infrastructure not so easy for UK insurers

    29 June 2015

    Increased competition, compressed spreads on debt, construction risk and regulatory charges are just some of the factors that have helped to crimp progress on an ambitious programme of infrastructure investment that six UK insurers committed to in 2013. Mark Nicholls explains

  • BlackRock stays top of insurance asset manager rankings

    24 June 2015

    Increases lead while J P Morgan shows fastest growth, according to IIOR

  • Insurers and regulators still at odds over infrastructure investment

    05 June 2015

    Insurers' investment in infrastructure has stalled in the face of legal uncertainties over long-term commitments, proposed Solvency II capital charges that seem too high to the industry and growing competition for infrastructure assets. Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Selective hires Eppers as CIO

    13 May 2015

    Joins as insurer records drop in investment income