Vincent Huck

• IAR Americas: CIOs’ views on outsourcing and risk management

  08 October 2019

  As part of a panel discussion at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2019, four CIOs of insurance companies shared their views on outsourcing and how they see their roles evolving. By Vincent Huck

  

• IAR Americas: CIOs discuss how and where to take smart risks

  01 October 2019

  At the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2019 conference, four CIOs of insurance companies gave their views on taking smart risks. In the second of a two-part series, they discuss the processes they use and how they characterise their alternative portfolios. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  

• IAR Americas: Are we in an atypical credit cycle?

  25 September 2019

  At the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2019 conference, four CIOs of insurance companies gave their views on taking smart risks. In the first of a two-part series, they discuss the nature of the current credit cycle and where they find relative value. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  

• IAR Americas: US insurers double as interested as Europeans in TAA

  20 September 2019

  52% of US audience say tactical asset allocation is important versus 27% of EMEA audience

• Allianz Capital Partners CEO to retire

  20 September 2019

  Juergen Gerke will step down when his contract expires at the end of the year

• Investment performance still a top 5 concern for insurers globally

  19 September 2019

  Survey finds industry most pessimistic on record, Lloyd’s admits low rates ‘irk’ it

• Groupama and French bank take stakes in CAA’s renewables affiliate

  19 September 2019

  Development is second time Crédit Agricole Assurances partners with French bank for investing

• Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges

  19 September 2019

  The 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

  

• German insurers shift bond holdings from domestic market to France

  17 September 2019

  Eiopa statistics reveal a marginal shift in allocation

• Will BBB come back to bite?

  17 September 2019

  Is the end of the credit cycle really in sight and, if so, are European insurers at risk of seeing their high yield assets coming back to bite them? A wave of credit downgrades could significantly impact solvency ratios and put insurers in the position of forced sellers. But how worried should they be? Vincent Huck reports