U.S. Life Insurer Exposure to Less Liquid Bonds – YE2023
Life insurers have long held a mix of assets with various liquidity profiles, from the very liquid to the nearly illiquid. In this review we highlight some of the less liquid components of life insurer bond portfolios.
Trends in Individual Annuities
In this review, we concentrate on the recent changes in the annuity product landscape
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. Health Review Year-End 2023
Our year end 2023 financial highlights based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. Life Review Year-End 2023
Our year end 2023 financial highlights based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. PC Review Year-End 2023
Below we provide full year 2023 financial highlights for the ALIRT P&C Composite[1], based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. Life Review Nine Months 2023
Our six month 2023 financial highlights based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. PC Review Nine Months 2023
Below we provide first nine months of 2023 (9M23) financial highlights for the ALIRT P&C Composite, based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
Badger Mutual Faces Severe A.M. Best Downgrade – Regional Property/Auto Insurers Under Pressure
The worsening plight of a number of smaller regional property & casualty insurers was on full display today as A.M. Best downgraded Milwaukee-based Badger Mutual Insurance Company (BMIC) three pegs from B+ (6th highest) to C++ (9th highest). This is remarkable given that the rating agency had just lowered BMIC’s rating from A- to B+ two months before.
Life Insurer Exposure to Alternative Investments
This review analyzes alternative investments for U.S. life insurers.
ALIRT Research – Fronting Insurers Update
Given the recent bombshell regarding fraudulent collateral issues at insurtech Vesttoo – a development which follows closely upon a $60 million collateral dispute write-down by Trisura in 4Q2022 – we provide below an update of ALIRT’s Fronting Company composite as of YE2022 and interim 6 Month 2023 data.