Asset management

Analysis

10 December 2024

Funded Re under the regulatory microscope

Piggybacking off a booming life insurance market, the funded reinsurance business has grown to span continents. But the market has also attracted the beady eyes of regulators. What are the implications of increased oversight for funded reinsurance? Sarfraz Thind reports
21 June 2024

PE and insurance: perception versus reality

Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article
02 April 2024

Life reinsurers spy a goldmine in Asia

A $3trn market is waiting to be tapped and asset-intensive reinsurers are priming themselves to be there, as Sarfraz Thind reports
06 March 2024

The red flags for private equity in insurance

Supervisors have their sights set on private equity-backed insurers, but what precisely are the business practices at issue? Christopher Cundy and Sarfraz Thind summarise the view from the market
21 March 2023

Insurers caught up in the Swiss roil

The fall of Credit Suisse, hot on the heels of SVB and Signature Bank, has sent insurers scrambling to assess the risks to their portfolios. While the hit seems manageable, Sarfraz Thind asks if there could be worse to come

News

  • Bank of England unveils confidential liquidity tool for insurers and financial institutions

    10 December 2024

  • Chelsea FC owner forms new insurance-asset manager

    09 December 2024

    Venture aims to capitalise on "most attractive opportunity set in a long time"

  • Life insurers profiting from streamlining through asset-intensive reinsurance

    24 October 2024

    Long-term care the next big opportunity, says Nuveen's Joe Pursley

  • Insurance Risk Data to publish fourth annual Bermuda insurance outsourcing report

    21 October 2024

    Free webinar will be held to mark the research's launch on 24 October

  • Asian insurers adapt strategies as ICS implementation looms

    17 October 2024

    Shift in products in countries like Taiwan and Korea ahead of ICS, Fitch says

  • Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference returns to New York

    11 September 2024

    It will be held on Monday 16 September in New York - with a 40% discount for InsuranceERM subscribers

  • Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2024: early bird ends on Friday

    19 August 2024

    The early bird rate for InsuranceERM's annual Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%. InsuranceERM subscribers receive a further 40% discount.

  • L&G doubles retail annuity sales, but PRT business slows in H1

    07 August 2024

    More than £24bn of active PRT deals in UK, most of which to transact this year

  • Asset intensive increases insurer risk, say IAIS watchers

    10 July 2024

    Europe remains sceptical on asset intensive reinsurance

  • ASR eyes €8bn of Dutch PRT business in next four years

    27 June 2024

    Estimates 40pp increase in solvency ratio from measures including internal model

  • L&G slims down to three divisions

    12 June 2024

    CEO António Simões announces strategy for "simpler, more synergistic and capital light" group

  • Sweden's Länsförsäkringar names Kristofer Dreiman as chief sustainability officer

    02 May 2024

  • Generali separates insurance and asset management operations in reshuffle

    19 April 2024

    The changes form part of the group's three-year strategy

  • Nature is a natural fit for insurers but comes with difficulties, says Zurich director

    12 March 2024

    Zurich would like a biodiversity alliance, "but please not tomorrow"

  • Royal London kicks off bulk annuity business with two internal deals

    08 March 2024

    UK mutual builds investment expertise in illiquid assets to support growth

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