Investment Officers
The Latest Launches From Conning, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD and Openly
Conning launched a new service designed to help institutional investors assess climate change risks for their portfolios. Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies added Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, ...
Allianz, Other Institutional Investors Warn Firms to Cut Ties to Coal
Some of the world's largest insurers and pension schemes are warning companies they invest in not to finance, insure, build, develop or plan new thermal coal plants or face sanctions, including ...
Pandemic-Era Carriers Attracting Hedge Funds’ Attention
Five years after London-based hedge fund Toscafund ditched the shares it held in insurance companies, the $3.5 billion firm and its peers are flocking back, drawn by sharp premium increases which are ...
Insurers May Slash Allocations for Hedge Fund Investments After Dismal Pandemic Performance
Having complained for years about hedge funds' high fees and lackluster performance, insurance firms may be preparing to cut allocations to the sector after its poor performance during recent market ...
European Insurers Urge Regulators to Avoid Banning Dividends Due to COVID-19
Global regulators should not ban insurers from paying dividends as a result of COVID-19 and should give firms more time to report their capital positions, European insurers said on Monday. The ...
Mortgage Default Risk Set to Rise With Hurricane Risk
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to be among the worst. And that has Maryland Smith's Clifford Rossi taking a close look at the potential financial risks. Rossi, professor of the ...
Industry At Risk: Life Insurers Place $158B Bets on CLOs
They've been billed as a solution to the rock-bottom interest rates weighing down the returns of America's asset managers. Collateralized loan obligations—which package and sell leveraged loans ...
Pandemic Shifts Insurer Interest Toward Safer Warehouse Investments
Global insurers want to increase investments in commercial warehouses as their stakes in office space become riskier because of employees working remotely during the novel coronavirus pandemic, ...