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Asset Management
Asset Management: Private Capital
Oliver Wyman Partner: Private Capital, Asset Management Reshape Life Insurance Sector
Mick Moloney, who spoke with AM Best TV at the Global Insurance Forum in Miami, cited the growing influence of private capital and the evolution of asset management-led insurance models.
Date: March 2025
Asset Management
Life Insurers’ Investment Complexity, Reliance on Offshore Reinsurers Raise Concerns About Stability
In addition to adopting alternative investment strategies and increasing the use of offshore reinsurers, the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council said there has been a shift in the composition of life insurers’ liabilities and an increase of private equity firms and other asset managers in the sector.
Date: March 2025
Asset Management
AM Best: Gradual Increase in Insurers’ Private Equity Investments in 2023
An AM Best analyst discussed a recent Best’s Special Report that says private equity investments rose in 2023 as insurers sought higher yields with alternative options.
Date: December 2024
Asset Management
Mortgages 90 Days Overdue Double, Drawing Investor Concern: AM Best
U.S. life/annuity insurers expanded their allocations to mortgage loans in 2023 by more than 6% to $734.2 billion, according to a recent Best’s Special Report. Problem loans are a growing sliver of most investment portfolios.
Date: September 2024
Asset Management: Interest Rates
Strategic Investment Amid Higher Interest Rates
Higher rates decrease the flexibility of a company to meet its liabilities, but insurance companies are in a much better position than banks, Jennifer Quisenberry, chief investment officer at New England Asset Management, told AM Best TV.
Date: July 2024