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US life/health insurers increasingly outsourced asset management from 2016-2022, AM Best says
28 February 2024Proportion of insurers using unaffiliated asset managers to control more than 50% of invested assets grew to 33.4% in 2022
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PE backers to stoke US annuity market even as lapse payouts top premiums
23 January 2024AM Best sees new PE- and AM-backed underwriters as fuelling competition
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Chart of the Week: Will insurers join an 'orderly queue', outside Silicon Valley Bank?
17 March 2023From Silicon Valley Bank to Signature Bank, Silvergate to Credit Suisse, all eyes are on financials exposure
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Hedge funds back in vogue
29 August 2022Derided for years by insurance investors, hedge funds are back in fashion. Could it be the revival of a beautiful friendship? Sarfraz Thind asks
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US insurers knocked by corporate bond double whammy
19 August 2020But overall industry has moderate exposure to COVID-19's hardest hit sectors
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US insurers have $46bn commitments to PE
07 August 2020Underwriters have rotated from hedge funds for better returns
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US commercial real estate: danger in disguise?
10 July 2018US life insurers are big investors in commercial real estate attracted by the yield and diversification benefits they offer. But with strong indicators of the current credit cycle nearing its end, the risks attached to the sector are growing. Is it still safe to go into those waters? By Sarfraz Thind