Archive

  • Stress-tested: How COVID-19 put insurers' investments under pressure

    14 September 2020

    The impact of the pandemic on insurers' claims remains unknown, and estimates vary widely. However, market turbulence in H1 has clearly impacted the asset side of insurers' balance sheets. Already, though, underwriters are looking ahead and rethinking investment decisions and ensuring resilience. Vincent Huck surveys the damage done and the plans afoot

  • It was all 'keep calm and carry on' for insurers in H1, GSAM's Comon says

    01 September 2020

    If insurers were ever characterised as slow to move and tardy to change, Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of insurance for EMEA Etienne Comon has another perspective. He talks to David Walker about the challenges insurers faced in H1 2020 and how their speedy reaction has aided resilience.

  • Comment: Global insurance CIOs well-positioned to weather COVID-19 storms

    23 July 2020

    Many insurers had already reduced portfolio risks in view of expensive valuations and anticipated credit cycle concerns, with the events of 2020 enabling accelerated decision making to capitalise on market dislocations, Etienne Comon writes on the back of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's annual insurance asset management survey.

  • ESG investing a primary consideration for only 5% of insurers

    25 April 2019

    GSAM's research finds 57% of insurers globally consider ESG investing as one of several investment considerations

  • Insurers’ investment risk awareness on the rise, GSAM survey finds

    24 April 2019

    But GSAM Insurance Asset Management research finds outsourcing growth only accelerating in Asia

  • Goldman Sachs' survey shows insurers less positive about investments

    24 April 2018

    Insurers are less positive about investment opportunities than they were a year ago, according to a Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey.

  • Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies

    16 February 2016

    Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers

  • Insurers tweak fixed-income approaches to be ready for rate rises

    20 August 2015

    There are still many ways to make money in fixed-income amid the uncertainty over when rates will start to tick up. Insurers are adopting varied approaches as they also get ready for the new constraints Solvency II will introduce in just over four months. David Turner reports

  • EU insurers search for liquidity in US bond markets

    04 December 2014

    A paucity of appropriate assets is leading European insurers to other markets. But what are the risks in terms of hedging and eligibility for the matching adjustment? Christopher Cundy reports

  • Insurers' private equity investment gets a fillip from Brussels

    30 October 2014

    Clarification of the Solvency II capital charges will clear the way for more insurers to embrace the asset class, joining those already attracted by the superior returns