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Analysis

29 October 2025

Private markets: Buying in, and stress-testing 'to the moon and back'

Three US life insurers' chief investment officers discuss the 'hot and cold' of private-market investing
01 May 2025

Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024

For most syndicates, 'core fixed income' was the anchor for their portfolios - but that did not prevent some from charting more distant waters with their general accounts in 2024
20 June 2024

IAR Asia 2024: Are CIOs investors or ALM professionals?

Two chief investment officers discuss their changing responsibilities in light of new regulation at Insurance Asset Risk Asia Conference
17 July 2023

SunLife HK's CIO on IFRS, rate hikes, geopolitics, and exercising patience

Shiuan Ting van Vuuren discusses why IFRS 17 & 9 implementation have been a challenging and ongoing journey, the impact of rising rates and increased geopolitical tensions, and why she is relaxed about regulatory changes. Interview by Vincent Huck
07 June 2023

HDI Global CIO faces inflation hedge conundrum

Thorsten Wölbern, CIO of HDI Global, the business insurance company of the Talanx Group, explains why inflation is top of his mind, why rates will go down again, and discusses the 'exotic' unexplored investment shores. Interview by Vincent Huck

News

  • Winners of the 2026 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards announced

    03 March 2026

    Aviva Investors takes away three awards this year

  • Insurance Asset Risk survey: US debt levels - should CIOs be worried?

    29 January 2026

    Take the survey

  • Winners of the 2025 Insurance Asset Risk North America awards announced

    09 October 2025

    Including the CIO of the year award

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2025 - North Americas

    22 July 2025

    Entries are open until Monday 4 August 2025, 23:59 BST.

  • Winners of the 2025 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards

    04 March 2025

    Insurance Asset Risk has announced the winners of its annual UK & Europe awards for 2025, with both Legal & General (L&G) and M&G achieving double victories this year.

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2025

    05 November 2024

    Categories designed to highlight sector's range of talent

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk North America awards

    09 October 2024

    Insurance Asset Risk is pleased to announce this year's awards for North America

  • German reinsurers report investment results north of €1bn in H1

    12 August 2024

    With moderate growth expected for the second half of the year

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk awards

    29 February 2024

    Insurance Asset Risk is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 awards

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2024

    01 November 2023

    Categories designed to highlight sector's range of talent

  • Comment: Skinning Insurance Asset Risk's look

    19 October 2023

    The 14th, and last, edition of the Insurance Asset Risk quarterly magazine is now out, but don't you worry we are only peeling one skin off the onion, to reveal a new, fresher one.

  • US life insurer key IMR metric falls to 12 year low as bond sales hit

    19 September 2023

    But NAIC rule change will help insurers struggling with negative mark

  • US insurers hurt by rate rises to benefit from NAIC's IMR rule change

    15 August 2023

    NAIC expected to adopt interest rate accounting proposal tomorrow

  • Taiwanese insurers in the solvency and accountancy clamp

    03 August 2023

    Facing high capital pressure as a result, according to Fitch

  • IAR Hong Kong: "I know more about accountancy than I care to know," APAC CIO says

    29 June 2023

    Zurich's Vincent and AIA's Konyn reflect on how CIOs have had to become omni-experts

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