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  • Having fun with private equity investments

    30 January 2023

    A small French mutual insurer tells Insurance Asset Risk how it has become one of the few insurers to make the most of the long-term equity rule in Solvency II... and how it had fun in the process. Vincent Huck reports

  • Blackstone earned $450m in fees from four insurers last year

    27 January 2023

    Expected to double this to $1bn in next five years, manager says

  • US life insurers will absorb any recession this year

    27 January 2023

    Strong capital position means investments should withstand market downturn, S&P says

  • Higher rates likely to spur moves out of risk back into fixed income for US insurers

    26 January 2023

    Insurers have piled into equities and private assets on low rates—this could change, S&P says

  • L&G invests in SunRoof solar tech firm

    26 January 2023

    Part of €13.5m capital raise by Swedish startup

  • Insurer CLOs under the regulatory spotlight

    25 January 2023

    NAIC's capital charges on risky assets will likely be revamped, Deloitte says

  • Comment - As Blackstone helps Clive Cowdery invest, watch Resolution Life's market risk

    25 January 2023

    Blackstone's existing portfolio for Bermudian Harrington Re suggests a very active approach to origination and reallocation of GA

  • Nippon Life invests extra $1bn into Resolution Life

    25 January 2023

    Brings Japanese life firm's total investment in Clive Cowdery's consolidator to $1.65bn

  • Pension Insurance Corporation foray into infrastructure assets

    25 January 2023

    From financing social housing to helping the London School of Economics build sustainably, to UK trainline rolling stock, PIC is full-steam ahead on debt investments, as Elizabeth Cain, head of debt origination there, explains to David Walker

  • Comment - Staggering admission on outsourcing fees by Bermuda's insurers

    24 January 2023

    Rates and structures of fees Bermuda's insurers pay their chosen outsourcing partners revealed