All Insurance articles
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White papersInsurance outlook: Managing change is business as usual
We live in a fast-changing world, where organisations need to adapt in order to thrive – and this is especially true for insurance companies. Insurers are impacted by economic cycles and fundamentals, but unlike many other sectors, they must also navigate financial market risks and ongoing developments in regulatory frameworks. In the current fluid environment, agility and risk management are key.
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White papersInsuring the future: The case for diversified private credit
Insurers have long relied on the pick-up in corporate spreads over sovereigns as a core investment strategy, but today’s investment landscape is prompting a strategic rethink for European insurers. As traditional public fixed income loses its edge, private credit is emerging as a powerful alternative. This fast-growing asset class offers insurers a way to tackle key portfolio challenges, boost diversification, and potentially enhance returns. In this paper, we explore how European insurers can harness private credit to help strengthen investment outcomes and build portfolio resilience.
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White papersSecuritised Products Reform: Unlocking Value for Insurance Companies
Proposed EU reforms represent a comprehensive overhaul of the securitisation regulations that, if implemented, would reduce regulatory burdens and lower capital requirements.
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White papersThe Cost of Inaction: Physical Risk & Adaptation
The cost of underestimating climate change is mounting. We examine the risks to agriculture, utilities, insurance and real estate through eroded asset values and increased volatility and consider how investors can react.
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White papersU.S. Policy Implicates Rebuilding Costs
Elevated tariffs and tighter immigration are a key focus for today’s insurance modelers.
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White papersHow is Generali Investments addressing longevity risk in insurance portfolios?
With rising life expectancies, individuals and institutions face the critical challenge of ensuring financial security over extended retirement periods. Generali Investments – the asset management arm of the Generali Group – explains how they are leveraging a variety of innovative investment approaches to address the complex issue of longevity risk.
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White papers2Q 2025 European Insurance Trends
The latest economic, investment and regulatory developments affecting European insurers.
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White papersSTS ABS: Opportunities and expectations for European insurance investment portfolios
A nascent market, the STS framework for investing in asset-backed securities (ABS) can offer European insurers an opportunity to invest in a robust, high-quality and scalable asset class to diversify their core fixed income allocations.
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White papers2025 Global Insurance Survey
In the 14th annual Global Insurance Survey, 405 Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), representing over $14 trillion in balance sheet assets combined, provide their insights regarding the macroeconomic environment, return expectations, industry capitalization and asset allocation.
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White papersSwap spreads: analysis, challenges and outlook
Swap spreads, key indicators of liquidity stress and risk aversion, play a crucial role for insurers. Beyond measuring price differentials between sovereign and corporate bonds, they directly influence hedging decisions, asset-liability management (ALM) strategies and insurer returns under Solvency II.
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White papersWhat’s on Insurers’ Minds: Insights from Industry Leaders
Though geopolitics has come to the fore, insurers are addressing a wide range of other issues.
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White papersParametric Insurance from an Investor’s Point of View
Parametric insurance is emerging as a transformative risk transfer solution, addressing coverage gaps and inefficiencies inherent in traditional indemnity-based insurance.
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White papersGlobal preferred and capital securities remain attractive
The Federal Reserve (Fed) should be cutting rates more in 2025, but most likely not before a pause to assess the policy footings of the returning Trump Administration.
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White papersThe Road Ahead: 2025 North America Insurance Outlook
Key themes we see emerging for insurance investors in 2025 involve duration positioning, managing credit exposure, exploring relative-value opportunities, tapping the potential of private markets, and portfolio-liquidity and cash-management considerations.
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White papersHow insurers can harness prime opportunities within direct lending
Within the direct lending universe, the most attractive opportunities lie within the more conservative end of the mid-market, in our view. We explore why this is likely to be the case, how conditions within the asset class have changed and the benefits of direct lending for insurers’ balance sheets.
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White papersToo risky to cover?
As extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, insurance losses continue to mount. Some areas exposed to the worst climate risks are now seen as too risky to cover. Michael Yamoah, Navishka Pandit and Judi Tseng assess the implications.
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White papersThe 2024 Election: Navigating Potential Financial Sector Shifts
We believe the outcome of the US presidential election could alter fundamental dynamics across the financial sector: Banking regulation, crypto, private equity, insurance—all stand to be shaped by the winner in November. Here is a look at some key areas and, in our view, the potential implications for investors.
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White papersThe Fed “Recalibrates” to Buy Some Insurance
Rate-cutting cycles have tended to favor risk assets, so it was gratifying to see the central bank get started with a meaningful move.
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White papersThe energy transition: 10 essential indicators for insurers
A concerted global effort is underway to decarbonize industries, particularly the energy sector, through a series of policy and regulatory interventions. This international push, building on the momentum of the Paris Agreement, aims to create a more secure and sustainable future.
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White papersInsurance Survey 2024
The 13th annual Global Insurance Survey incorporates the views of 359 Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) representing over $13 trillion in balance sheet assets combined, approximately half of the balance sheet assets for the global insurance sector.
