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Utmost Life and Pensions completes its first external pension scheme buyout

Utmost Life and Pensions has completed its first external pension scheme buyout

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Howden to acquire Hymans Robertson’s insurance and financial services consulting team

Howden has agreed to acquire the insurance and financial services consulting team (IFS team) of Hymans Robertson LLP, strengthening its specialist insurance actuarial and longevity consulting capabilities

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Countrywide Assured appoints Ninety One for £1.1bn mandate

Countrywide Assured, the UK insurer subsidiary of Chesnara, has appointed global investment manager, Ninety One, to manage a £1.1bn portfolio

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Daiichi Life to reinsure whole life block with Prismic Life

Prismic Life has announced an agreement between its subsidiary, Prismic Life Reinsurance International (PLRe International), and Daiichi Life to reinsure a Yen-denominated in-force block of whole life and annuity policies

Dutch AT&T pension fund completes buyout with Athora’s Zwitserleven

Stichting Pensioenfonds AT&T Nederland (SPAN) has completed a buyout with Athora Netherlands’ Zwitserleven business for an undisclosed amount, transferring 500 participants and €170m in assets under management

Total assets of China’s insurers and insurance asset managers rise by 15.1%

Total assets of Chinese insurers and insurance asset management companies amounted to RMB 41.3trn as of the end of Q4 2025, up by 15.1% from the beginning of the year

a.s.r. to incorporate nature and biodiversity alongside climate change in underwriting and investing

a.s.r. will consider not only climate change, but also nature and biodiversity in its insurance and investment activities going forward

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IAIS appoints new secretary general

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has appointed Gerry Cross as its next secretary general, effective 15 June 2026

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Graham Asset Management Pension and Life Assurance Scheme completes £1m ‘micro’ buy-in with L&G

The Graham Asset Management Pension and Life Assurance Scheme has finalised a £1m buy-in with L&G, securing the benefits of 13 deferred and pensioner members

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EIOPA proposes amendments aimed at easing insurers’ supervisory reporting and disclosure requirements

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has today submitted to the European Commission its draft amendments of two Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) that set out supervisory reporting and disclosure requirements under Solvency II

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The Expert View

Following Aon’s Insurance Investment Consultancy of the Year award win at the latest Insurance Asset Management Awards, Editor, Adam Cadle, gathers the latest thoughts from partners, Geoff Bauer and Lin Qu, about the insurance investment space

Sustainability stays strong in emerging debt markets

In an otherwise ugly environment for bond issuers and investors, the future for emerging market debt looks unquestionably green

Beyond US exceptionalism

The case for diversifying globally and across strategies with alternative credit

Bond investors need to understand the volatility cycle

Fixed income markets have become increasingly volatile, a trend that looks set to continue. Investors need to adapt themselves


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Setting a New Standard for Benchmarking Private Infrastructure Debt
As private infrastructure debt evolves, confidence comes from evidence. infraMetrics® uses real asset-level data to deliver credit insights and market-based curves where comparables are limited. A benchmark that guides insurers and investors through the uncertainties of today’s macro environment.
 
Navigating credit markets
Adam Cadle speaks to Jon Mawby, Head of Investment Grade Credit at Pictet Asset Management, about navigating the credit markets given yields have fallen to low levels over the past decades, whilst interest rate duration risk has continued to rise.
 
Opportunities in alternative fixed income
Adam Cadle speaks to Frank Meijer, Head of Alternative Fixed Income at Aegon Asset Management, about the key opportunities within the alternative fixed income space and how insurers can access these.
 
Why are government bonds so important when thinking about climate change?
Adam Cadle speaks to Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research, Ardea Investment Management, about the importance of government bonds and climate change, and how the scope of impact and potential for change couldn't be greater
 
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How can we rethink insurance investment to solve the complexity challenge?
The model of insurance investing has been upended since the financial crisis by a confluence of challenges. New assets, strategies and partnerships have the potential to help insurers cut through this complexity and deliver sustainable solutions
 
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New Rules, New opportunities: A return to European ABS for insurers?
At the height of the global financial crisis, insurance company investors withdrew from the securitised debt market and sold down their asset-backed securities (ABS) holdings. But a decade on, new regulation offers the potential for securitised debt to re-emerge as an attractive investment opportunity for Solvency II-regulated insurers, believes James King, Fund Manager at M&G Investments
 
Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey
Adam Cadle talks to Debbie McKay, Insurance Strategist on the themes uncovered in Schroders’ global survey of 200+ insurance companies
 
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