Sarfraz Thind

• US insurer liquidity risk at post-2008 highs

  23 November 2020

  Fed warns of increased difficulty of meeting claims as illiquid assets shoot past 12-year highs

• US insurers' ESG assets grow to $2.2trn in 2020

  18 November 2020

  Climate change overtakes tobacco as top ESG consideration for insurers

• Insurers need to "decouple" core fixed income managers from specialists

  16 November 2020

  According to Voya IM having one manager running all FI costs the industry valuable return

• Insurers using investment over underwriting to integrate ESG into business

  16 November 2020

  Negative screening most popular way to integrate ESG into allocations, AM Best says

• US insurers are reticent about EM investments

  11 November 2020

  Less than 1% of AuM in EM assets but Biden's presidential win may spur future allocation

• "Breathtaking jump" in stocks on vaccine not a reason to relax, says El-Erian

  10 November 2020

  Vaccine announcement led to massive rise in global stocks yesterday

• Assured Guaranty posts negative AM result for third quarter in a row

  09 November 2020

  Insurer paid $12m for severance of ex-CIO, Andrew Feldstein in August

• MetLife Q3 income falls but investments rise

  05 November 2020

  Insurer takes $301m loss from interest rate review

• Prudential Financial swings back to investment profit in Q3

  05 November 2020

  Rebounds from COVID-19 losses with minimal credit impairments

• Athene invests record $14bn in Q3 as income surges

  03 November 2020

  Apollo-owned insurer performs on both asset management and insurance front