Asset management

Analysis

22 April 2025

InEvo Re's CEO on marrying assets with liabilities

InEvo Re, the Bermudian reinsurer established by Macquarie Asset Management, recently closed its first transaction. CEO Mike White tells Sarfraz Thind why this will be a springboard for many more deals to come
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

News

  • Trump tariffs a "fundamental attack" on global trading system, says GDV

    04 April 2025

    LMA says tariffs put greater pressure on insurers to manage value-at-risk

  • Japan Post to cut life and asset risks in JPY 550bn Talcott Life Re deal

    31 March 2025

    Ceding to Bermudian life reinsurer involves decades-old annuity contracts

  • Insurance Europe and Eiopa welcome Savings and Investment Union

    28 March 2025

    The Commission's plans recognise insurers role in economic growth, trade body says

  • Eiopa recommends 100% capital charge for re/insurers' crypto assets

    28 March 2025

  • Talanx fined €1m by BaFin for reporting failure

    25 March 2025

  • Consortium of insurers and asset managers to take over Germany's Viridium

    19 March 2025

    Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings, Hannover Re and Generali back closed-book life consolidator

  • Reask secures $4m to expand its extreme weather risk modelling capabilities

    14 March 2025

    Financing round led by Schroders' impact investment manager BlueOrchard Finance

  • Royal London reports £277m profit as bulk annuity business expands

    07 March 2025

    The mutual insurer completed three buy-in transactions worth £187m in premiums

  • RGA to reinsure $32bn of Equitable's life book

    24 February 2025

    Equitable will use funds to increase its stake in asset manager AllianceBernstein

  • German insurers recorded strong premium growth in 2024

    13 February 2025

    The German Insurance Association (GDV) is confident about 2025 and expects premium growth of 5.3% for this year

  • AIG considers cat exposure rethink after California wildfires

    13 February 2025

    The insurer said it limited losses from the fires to around $500m.

  • Lloyd's appoints Alexandra Cliff as chief financial officer

    30 January 2025

  • Insurers prepare for first MA attestations under Solvency UK

    14 January 2025

    Consultants at Barnett Waddingham analyse key considerations and challenges

  • UK insurance sector outperforms FTSE All-Share in 2024

    06 January 2025

    Specialty re/insurers lead as hard market cycle continues to deliver positive returns

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

    10 December 2024
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