Archive

  • US insurers' CLO growth cooled in 2021

    16 September 2022

    CLO volumes increased 12%, last year, down from 23% in 2020

  • US insurers derivatives volumes hit $3trn in 2021

    24 August 2022

    Notional value of derivatives has grown nearly 30% in five years

  • Scant evidence of progress in NAIC climate work

    17 August 2022

    Hampered by state factions and support for fossil fuel industries

  • NAIC plan may cool insurer appetite for CLOs

    07 July 2022

    LSTA challenges authority's proposals to eliminate "CLO arbitrage"

  • NAIC report highlights manifold risks for insurers in 2022

    27 June 2022

    Inflation, recession, war, supply chain disruptions... the list goes on

  • SEC climate rules not wanted by insurers

    20 June 2022

    III says insurers promote net-zero via investments and already have sufficient disclosure

  • Private equity surpasses hedge funds as US insurers' most liked alt asset

    08 June 2022

    Alternative assets have seen soaring growth in the last decade, NAIC finds

  • US insurer bank loan holdings boomed in 2021

    07 June 2022

    Insurance holdings grew 32% to capitalise on benign credit environment, NAIC finds

  • Equity plunge warning for US insurers

    20 May 2022

    P&C insurers most at risk as S&P nears bear territory, says NAIC

  • US insurers' moves to riskier assets laid bare

    12 May 2022

    Industry has focused on illiquids and alternatives in last decade while shrinking bonds