TREASURY & FINANCE

 

With significant capital balances and tight business line margins, insurers need to ensure that they have access to liquidity, they maximise return on capital allocations, and are able to preserve cash valuations. This section offers insight from those charged with excellence in treasury, capital, liquidity, and cash management on the latest trends and market developments

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Lloyd's H1 results show healthy investment profile
  • Thursday, Sep 05, 2024

Lloyd’s reveals investment returns for H1 with a rise year-on-year.

Fixed income returns fall for Big Four Euro reinsurers
  • Monday, Sep 02, 2024

New report from Fitch Ratings highlighted strong investment returns for Europe’s big four reinsurers but not without caveats.

IFRS 17 adding complexity to finances for reinsurers
  • Thursday, Aug 29, 2024

New report highlights IFRS 17 changes to reinsurers’ balance sheets and what it could mean for their financial workings – including for investment teams.

Ping An H1 results: We must monitor interest rates going forward
  • Monday, Aug 26, 2024

China’s largest insurer, Ping An, says country’s economic recovery post-Covid-19 helps investment returns increase.

Swiss Re: Interest rates pushing up H1 investment income
  • Thursday, Aug 22, 2024

Industry giant revealed H1 2024 profits amid questions over how much longer central banks will maintain elevated interest rates.

Report: Investment returns look to ride out hard market changes
  • Monday, Aug 19, 2024

Different trends emerged in the market after interest rate hikes and a new hard market developed – but how this affects investment returns among reinsurers is still being figured out.

M&A activity slumps – but PE interest remains high overall
  • Friday, Aug 16, 2024

A new report said there was a sharp drop in UK insurance industry M&A activity in H1.

UK and European insurers reveal H1 results
  • Wednesday, Aug 14, 2024

Mix of insurers revealed positive numbers but not without complications from inflation and interest rates.

Allianz and Zurich announce H1 2024 results
  • Thursday, Aug 08, 2024

European insurers release H1 and Q2 2024 results, which showed ‘record’ returns.

How do you best deploy a small private markets portfolio?
  • Tuesday, Aug 06, 2024

Daryl Boxall, Head of Market Risk, Legal & General Institutional Retirement, discusses ratings, pricing, and valuations – and how you can navigate these concerns and best utilise a small allocation.

Q2 North American results – could the high rate environment be over soon?
  • Friday, Aug 02, 2024

AIG, Markel, Hanover Insurance and more release their Q2 and H1 results with various level of investment returns – so what can we make of the numbers?