Asset Management
Asset Management
AM Best: Private Equity, Investment Managers Continue To Seek Returns by Entering Life and Annuity Segment
Today’s model incorporates different variations of ownership in the life and annuity market while private-equity firms seek consistent cash flows from the sector, according to AM Best analysts.
Date: March 2024
Fiscal Fitness & AM Best
Fiscal Fitness & AM Best
The business of insurance presents special concerns, because of the inverted cycle, in which revenues are received well before claims are incurred and must be paid.
Date: January 2024
Asset Management
AM Best: Growth in Insurers’ Private Equity Investments Slowed Significantly in 2022
Insurers responded to economic uncertainty and higher interest rates by slowing private equity investments in 2022 and scaling back on commitments for additional capital.
Date: December 2023
Asset Management
Hedge Fund Investing Continues To Fall Out of Favor With Insurers
Strategy that often includes loss of investment control, high capital charges never quite fit in an industry where liquidity reigns.
Date: September 2023
Best’s Rankings
US Rating Units – Largest Hedge Fund Investors – 2023 Edition
Ranked by 2021 hedge-fund investments’ book-adjusted carrying values.
Date: September 2023
Critical Issues in Asset Management
Expert Panel: Critical Issues in Insurance Asset Management
Insurance investors are finding opportunities that harken back to “the good old days,” when investment-grade fixed income was all the rage.
Date: July 2023
Critical Issues in Insurance Asset Management
Critical Issues in Insurance Asset Management
Insurance and investment experts examine and discuss where insurers are directing their investments, how changing interest rates and volatility are affecting decisions and what role alternative investments play in this evolving environment.
Date: June 2023
Asset Class Update
Insurance Asset Class Update
Investment and insurance professionals in an AM Best TV-Best’s Review cross-media presentation reviewed investment categories and how insurers’ strategies are changing.
Date: June 2023
Rate Volatility
Insurance Asset Management in the Age of Rate Volatility
Industry experts discuss the effects of rising interest rates, their impact on annuities and investment products, and how investment strategies are changing.
Date: June 2023
Alternative Investments
Reimagining Alternative Investments
As the financial landscape continues to change, insurers are learning more about options to traditional asset classes.
Date: June 2023