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Insurance assets managed by external managers reach $5.5trn

Insurance assets managed by external managers rose to $5.5trn in 2025, according to research from Clearwater Analytics and DCS Financial Consulting, a 23% YOY increase worth around $1trn

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Annuity providers kept almost two thirds of investments in the UK in 2024

Bulk and individual annuity providers increased their UK investments by £22bn to £201bn in 2024, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI)

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US insurance tycoon sentenced for 12 years for $2bn fraud

North Carolina investment firm founder, Greg Lindberg, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for siphoning more than $2bn in reserves backing insurance policies and using the proceeds to fund jets, mansions and a 214-foot yacht

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CCC report provides insurers with strong evidence base to strengthen climate risk frameworks

The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its latest assessment of the UK’s climate adaptation and readiness, warning that climate impacts are escalating faster than the country’s ability to manage them

Double digit increase in US insurers’ other long-term assets recorded for first time since 2021

US insurers’ investments in Schedule BA—other long-term investments increased by double-digits for the first time since 2021, reaching $637bn at year-end 2025 and representing almost 7% of the industry’s total cash and invested assets, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

F.Hinds Pension Fund completes £42m buy-in with Royal London

The F.Hinds Pension Fund has completed a £42m bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction with Royal London, securing the benefits of 485 members

a.s.r. becomes first Dutch insurer to have climate targets approved by the SBTi

a.s.r.’s climate targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

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HSB Engineering Insurance Services scheme secures buy-in with Canada Life

HSB Engineering Insurance Services pension scheme has completed a £36m full-scheme buy-in with Canada Life, securing the benefits of 191 pensioner and 128 deferred members

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Scandinavian Airlines System pension scheme completes buy-in with Just Group

The Scandinavian Airlines System (Investments) Limited Pension and Assurance Scheme – SAS Section – has completed a £61.8m buy-in with Just Group

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Sony Life deploys SimCorp One for investment overhaul

Tokyo-headquartered life insurer, Sony Life, is to deploy SimCorp One as its front-to-back investment infrastructure, giving its investment team access to centralised, real-time data and capabilities spanning the full investment lifecycle

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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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Navigating insurance investment
Adam Cadle talks to Aon partner, Geoff Bauer, about how the firm helps insurers to achieve their objectives
 

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