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  • Fast-growing RPC Consulting continues hiring spree

    12 December 2016

    Sam Worthington joins from WTW

  • Industry turns up the heat on MA reform

    05 December 2016

    The industry's opportunity to recommend changes to EU regulation in a post-Brexit world has delivered a comprehensive criticism of the MA. David Walker and Asa Gibson report.

  • UK firms expanding MA portfolios

    19 September 2016

    More firms holding covered bonds, infrastructure, mortgages and ABS in MA

  • Willis Towers Watson expands investment team with two hires

    19 September 2016

    Appointments follow previous hires to meet increasing demand for investment services

  • One-third of UK insurers 'would have been better off investing in cash'

    30 August 2016

    Willis Towers Watson study finds 2015 investment returns below average six-month LIBOR return

  • Insurers shift alternative allocations

    13 July 2016

    Investments in direct infrastructure, direct PE and illiquid credit rise in 2015

  • Notional hedging of unit-linked liabilities: tread lightly

    23 February 2016

    Notional hedging can help achieve a lower capital requirement and more investment freedom. But there are a number of isues that need to be considered before moving with this ALM tool, warns advisory firm Willis Towers Watson in a report.

  • Willis Towers Watson hires two investment consultants for insurance division

    20 January 2016

    WTW expects greater demand for insurance investment solutions

  • Life insurers streamline risk assessments on asset holdings

    26 October 2015

    Fewer firms reporting separate stresses for spread and default risk, says Towers Watson

  • Excess liquidity creates opportunities for insurers

    05 August 2015

    Low interest rates have put pressure on the investment portfolios of insurance companies, but exploiting liquidity to invest in alternative assets may help ease this strain, argues George Caffrey.