Capgemini Research Institute's newly published report on the future of the global life insurance industry poses some existential dilemmas...
September’s ‘mini-budget’ saw the Bank of England step in to avoid a potentially disastrous run on the gilts market, with a £19bn...
There is a consensus of opinion that, by and large, bond managers and their funds have withstood the challenges of the post-Covid...
In my last note we saw how - contrary to popular wisdom - life insurers will be impacted more on their investment portfolios than by...
Insurers of all categories have demonstrated an increasing level of interest in Emerging Market Debt in recent years and there are signs...
Swiss Re's decision to postpone the planned IPO of its UK life and pensions insurance consolidator ReAssure, was met with surprise by...
It's been a year since my last post concerning the swift pace of events at Aberdeen Standard Investments, 'Widows Decision Highlights the...
A stark warning, with some impassioned words from Huw Evans, Director General of the ABI this week. It's worth remembering that the UK's...
There is now less than three years to go until the old Libor market reference point will become a thing of the past. However pension...
A new report by analytics and ratings firm AM Best casts light on what appears to be a growing antipathy by US insurers against hedge...
Another week and another significant investment by a major UK institutional player in the private rental space is announced. This time...
A recent report, co-written by investment bank Nomura and consulting firm Hymans Robertson highlights the impact which the rapid growth...