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The RBC changes: a slow-moving Titanic
20 July 2021It is a slow change, even by the notoriously slow standards of the insurance industry. However, the soon-to-be instigated changes to the NAIC's risk-based capital charges on fixed income assets could have significant ramifications for the US insurance investment portfolio. And many don't like it. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Are life insurers reaching for yield in the right place, Walsh asks
25 June 2021Guggenheim Investments CIO highlights the dangers of assuming illiquids liquidity
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Insurers want the Fed to pull back from the markets
11 June 2021Pacific Life vice president "looks forward to the day when the Fed steps back"
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Guggenheim warns of great truffle hunt for yield
21 May 2019Corporate bond ratings like residential mortgages of 2008, says Walsh
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Credit markets will falter in the medium term, warns Zurich
03 April 2019Corporate bond valuations are nearing extremes against a background of weak fundamentals
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Next recession to hit US insurers’ assets harder than 2008 crisis
02 April 2019The recession is coming in 2020, according to Guggenheim Investments and will be focused on the corporate bond sector. This, coupled with increased leverage and poorer liquidity, suggests the next downturn could be worse for US insurers than 2008. Sarfraz Thind reports
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BlackRock stays top of insurance asset manager rankings
24 June 2015Increases lead while J P Morgan shows fastest growth, according to IIOR
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Goldman and JPMorgan shoot up insurance outsourcers ranking
16 September 2014But BlackRock and DeAWM continue to lead