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Asset Management
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
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