Sarfraz Thind

• US insurers grow structured securities allocations for third straight year

  31 July 2019

  Overall holdings top $1trn, says AM Best

• Everest Re’s 27% Q2 investment jump

  30 July 2019

  Investments contribute 52% of overall income

• Chubb warns of declining interest rates on investment returns

  26 July 2019

  Investment income increases to $859m in second quarter

• US insurers grow CLO exposure to $122bn

  25 July 2019

  Exposure represents less than 2% of AuM but increased risk must be looked at, says NAIC

• SimCorp hires director of consulting services for insurance

  24 July 2019

  Ferrante appointed to newly created position to develop North American insurance software business

• FASB votes to delay LDTI, CECL accounting standards

  19 July 2019

  Accounting body responds to market pressure

• RedBird, Reverence buy Vida Capital

  17 July 2019

  Investment firms purchase $4.2bn US life settlements manager

• US life insurers continue to pile into mortgages

  12 July 2019

  Market performance to remain strong but with pockets of risk, says Fitch

• Apollo gets injunction in Athene looting case

  12 July 2019

  Central Laborers’ pension fund accuses Apollo of overcharging Athene hundreds of millions of dollars in fees

• US asset manager Ares buys Pavonia Life Insurance

  10 July 2019

  Aim to break into US life insurance and retirement market