Analysis

• Insurers search for solid ESG data ground

  28 December 2023

  Insurance investors at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference wrestled with the challenges of sourcing accurate ESG data on their investment portfolios, and discussed the need for recognised industry data standards

  

• Projecting into the future - How to build a climate aware portfolio that stands the test of time

  27 December 2023

  Building a climate aware portfolio is no easy task, but good data, bespoke scenario planning and a wariness of new technology can make the load lighter

  

• Impact investing as a way to achieve the transition to net-zero

  25 December 2023

  Two asset owners explained their approach to impact investing and where the investment opportunities lie at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers 2023 conference

  

• Direct action - Asset origination moves centre stage in re/insurers' investment plans

  20 December 2023

  From backing BPAs to enhancing investment yields, directly-originated assets, and the managers able to source them, are finding favour among re/insurers worldwide, David Walker discovers

  

• Comment: The NAIC's evolving reliance on agency ratings

  19 December 2023

  Amnon Levy analyses the developments from the 2023 Fall National Meeting

  

• Feeding the birds: How geospatial data is key to making investments more biodiverse

  18 December 2023

  Biodiversity datasets are a new batch of facts and figures for investors to contend with and getting them right often requires a much more local approach

  

• AG Insurance CIO discusses the return of optionality in insurance investing

  13 December 2023

  Wim Vermeir examines the Belgium insurer's 2024 outlook titled 'the return of the returns'

  

• When Japan sneezes

  11 December 2023

  Japan's economy has seen a sea change this year as the BoJ loosens what seems like it has been a lifetime of low rates. Life insurers are preparing to make their own moves on the back of this—which could impact the rest of the world.

  

• How can insurers hot-wire the energy transition?

  06 December 2023

  Four insurance investors sat down together in London to discuss what role insurance investors should be playing in the energy transition, as well as the investment tools that are available to help them speed up the change

  

• Social investing needs to be taken hand-in-hand with broader ESG issues, insurers say

  04 December 2023

  Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference discussed the difficulties in sourcing social investing data and developing policy on a global scale