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  • Convex subjects its GA to Donald Trump calling the White House home (again)

    28 August 2024

    Persistent inflation and expanding warzones were among other stress-tests in group's solvency report

  • Convex Group adds $137m to outsourced funds in 2023

    20 August 2024

    Unfunded commitments to funds more than doubled last year

  • Convex group's investment income soars as 93% fixed income focus pays off

    26 July 2024

    Bermudian insurer made "modest" additions to credit and equity positions last year, its FCR said

  • Liquidity management in an era of liquidity stress-tests

    17 July 2024

    Amid markets, and politicians delivering never-ending stressors of liquidity, insurers at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference discussed how their needs for and measurement of liquidity may have changed in recent years, and the reasons why

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Liquidity risk management has become more granular in recent years

    10 June 2024

    Better cooperation between treasury and investment teams needed

  • Impact investing as a way to achieve the transition to net-zero

    25 December 2023

    Two asset owners explained their approach to impact investing and where the investment opportunities lie at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers 2023 conference

  • Chart of the Week - Solvency of Bermudian insurance groups, and why it matters for their GAs

    24 November 2023

    Solvency cover was adequate at Bermuda's re/insurers in 2022 - on average, at least

  • Chart of the Week: Where foreign FX non-life premiums may need backing with foreign-FX assets

    10 November 2023

    Europe's non-life insurers underwrite (and so, must invest) globally

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

    07 November 2023

    Investor becoming more used to 'perma-crisis'

  • IAR EMEA: Prepare for a tough ride, economist warns

    20 June 2022

    Swiss Re's chief economist Europe, Charlotte Müller told the audience at Insurance Asset Risk's 2022 EMEA conference to expect a recession, but not all speakers agreed. Abbie Wood reports