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  • UK with-profit funds record average returns of 6.22% in 2017

    24 October 2018

    According to a survey of 52 funds across 20 insurers

  • Regulation redefines relations between insurers and asset managers

    27 September 2018

    In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's insurer-asset manager survey we examine how Solvency II has shifted the dynamic for insurance asset managers. Insurers are not always getting the tailor-made solutions, research and expertise they ask for. By Sarfraz Thind

  • Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil

    13 September 2018

    The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind

  • LV= reports negative investment return in H1

    07 August 2018

    Due to losses on hedges protecting the Solvency II balance sheet

  • Brexit boon for insurers invested in European property

    11 June 2018

    UK decision flushes other real estate markets with liquidity

  • LV=’s CIO on adapting to Solvency II

    03 May 2018

    LV=’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

  • LV= to change role of senior executive as three functions converge

    15 November 2017

    Mark Laidlaw to head unified trio of internal teams, including investing

  • Hiscox hires former Partnership CIO

    25 October 2017

    Specialist Lloyd's insurer Hiscox has appointed Alex Veys to take over as chief investment officer from David Astor, who is retiring following 15 years with the underwriter.

  • Allianz sells Korean investment business to Anbang

    28 September 2017

  • MA optimisation: the experience at LV=

    07 July 2017

    The matching adjustment (MA) is a vital element of the Solvency II package to annuity underwriters, but making the most of it is challenging. In this article, James Sharpe, developer of optimisation tool OptiMA, and Ed Rayson of insurer LV=, describe how MA benefits have been improved in practice