The general economic outlook and its effects on insurance asset management – particularly for Europe – is a complicated picture due to inflationary pressures, interest rate hikes, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. To get our heads around this, Swiss Re Institute's Head of Macro Strategy, Patrick Saner, drops by to explain how it’s all connected and give his views to Insurance Investor's Managing Editor, Andrew Putwain, on the upsides and downsides of 2022's economic outlook for investments and what insurers need to look out for going forward.