European insurers maintained their solvency position during 2022 despite losses on fixed income and equity investments, according to the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) Joint Committee Reporton risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system
L&G has agreed a £340m buy-in with the Cable and Wireless Superannuation Fund, securing the benefits of approximately 1,800 retirees and deferred members
China’s new financial regulator, the National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR), has reduced the risk weighting it attaches to insurance companies’ holdings of blue-chip shares and tech stocks, encouraging them to invest more in the country’s lagging stock market
Pension and life insurance policy manager, Chesnara, posted a swing to pretax profit for the first half of 2023 on insurance profits and positive investment returns
Total assets of euro area insurance corporations amounted to €8,267bn in Q2 2023, €18bn higher than in Q1 2023, according to figures published by the European Central Bank (ECB)
US insurance companies reported $293bn in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) at year-end 2022, an increase of 5.6% compared to year-end 2021, figures published by the NAIC have revealed
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Adam Cadle speaks to Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research at Ardea Investment Management, about the firm’s insurance asset allocation optimisation tool and the reasons for developing it
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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.
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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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Justin Wheeler, Head of UK iShares Asset Owner Distribution at BlackRock, and Mark Guirey, Head of EMEA Insurance Segment and UK Asset Owner Client Coverage at MSCI, discuss the drivers behind growth in this area, market reactions to COVID-19, and the role of indexing
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