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IAR Americas: Stress testing essential against potential interest rate rise
22 September 2021Avoiding zombie companies also a key defence in current environment
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Time for prudence in credit markets
16 September 2021Little reward in taking credit risk right now, audience at IAR Americas conference will hear
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Guardian Life appoints CIO
06 February 2020Jean LaTorre takes over from the retiring Tom Sorell
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Guardian Insurance CIO Thomas Sorell to step down in February
09 January 2020He will join Catalina Holdings along with Bruce Hemphill
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LV=’s CIO on adapting to Solvency II
03 May 2018LV=’s CIO Mark Laidlaw gives an insight into how the business has been impacted by Solvency II’s dictates on asset and liability management and moulded its choice of asset manager. By Paul Walsh and Sarfraz Thind
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IFoA observes common practices on private credit allocation
21 November 2017A working group hosted by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has issued guidance for insurers on investing in private credit under the constraints of Solvency II.
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Insurers are bystanders on climate change risk management
19 June 2017Majority of the industry falls short on managing climate change risks in investment portfolios, but Axa and Aviva deemed leaders by AODP report
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Jamaican insurer to launch $6bn real estate development
07 June 2017Residential property identified as a solution to challenging investment landscape
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Alternatives and dividends boost Swiss Re investment returns
04 November 2016But running investment yield extends uninterrupted fall
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Insurers' asset management arms target other insurers' assets
01 December 2015Such are the yield and regulatory pressures, insurers are not necessarily deterred by asset managers' links to competing insurers. In fact, shared experience of the insurance business is a plus. And insurers' asset managers are looking further afield for new clients. David Turner reports