Archive

  • From GA investments to presidential elections, forces that blow gusts can really pack a punch

    18 November 2024

    Hurricane Helene blows holes in Florida's general account - while Florida's 'air-con revolution' might just have fanned Donald Trump's win

  • Convex subjects its GA to Donald Trump calling the White House home (again)

    28 August 2024

    Persistent inflation and expanding warzones were among other stress-tests in group's solvency report

  • Tokio Marine AM highlights market "increasingly expecting" more BoJ rate hikes

    29 July 2024

    Donald Trump has wielded a big rhetorical stick, on weaker yen

  • Chart of the Week - Re/insurers ponder 'what if' about looming US elections

    26 July 2024

    Tokio Marine AM has set out four scenarios for November and the possible effects on key policy and economic variables

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Right-wing political parties' victories herald inflationary themes

    10 June 2024

    As Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2024 conference audience flags 'climate' as biggest underappreciated risk

  • Chart of the Week - How Europe's CIOs keep falling in love with the U-S-A

    08 March 2024

    The volume of US debt in Europe's general account has grown and grown

  • Chart of the Week - Swedish property woes and homeland GA tilts

    10 February 2023

    Sweden's heavy homeland GA property tilt exposes it to an above-mean domestic price risk

  • IAR outlook survey: sustainability for the next ten years

    08 February 2021

    Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey discovered that sustainability is the overarching theme that will influence insurance investor behavior—not just this year but for the next decade and probably beyond. Yet, some are more prepared than others. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Democrat blue-ripple will lead to investment recalibration

    11 January 2021

    But balanced Senate outcome tempers prospect of radical policy overhaul

  • Stock markets point to Biden victory

    02 November 2020

    Guggenheim's election portfolio tilts overwhelmingly in favour of Democrat president