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Insurance ALM turns 160 years old!
24 February 2022Today marks the 160th anniversary of what is believed to be the first actuarial paper on asset-liability management.... but has anything really changed since 1862? Vincent Huck blows out the candles, and gets reading...
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EEA insurers' direct property investments dropped in 2020 as uncertainty abounded
03 January 2022Research by Insurance Asset Risk shows a 5% drop to €125.9bn
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Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges
19 September 2019The question of capital charges punishing ‘brown’ investments or incentivising ‘green’ investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports
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German insurers shift bond holdings from domestic market to France
17 September 2019Eiopa statistics reveal a marginal shift in allocation
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WTW appoints head of insurance investment solutions group
18 June 2019Gareth Sutcliffe joins from EY
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Build-to-rent: an emerging opportunity?
24 January 2018Within the booming UK real estate industry, where a lack of supply has inflated valuations and rental prices, the build-to-rent sub-sector offers an alternative revenue stream for insurers. Cintia Cheong reports
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The slippery skill of liquidity management
01 December 2017Liquidity management is an ever-growing focus for insurers since the financial crisis. But how well do insurers understand it? Sarfraz Thind reports
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UK's 'underwhelming' MA reform proposals turn thoughts to post-Brexit possibilities
17 November 2017The lack of significant change in the UK's proposals to reform the Solvency II matching adjustment has led stakeholders to question the country's ability to act on industry feedback while under Eiopa's jurisdiction. Asa Gibson reports
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End of the road for ground rents?
03 August 2017Ground rents were talked up as a great diversifier for insurers, with stable and very long term cashflows, but the UK government's consultation paper and media scrutiny in the past week may be a death knell for the asset class. Asa Gibson reports
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Quasi-government loans: an elusive illiquid
17 August 2016Supply of much-wanted government-backed loans is short, but the UK's referendum may change that to the benefit of life insurers. Asa Gibson reports.