We show that insurance companies have almost nonupled their investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) in … the post-crisis period, reaching total holdings of $125 billion in 2019. The growth in CLOs' investments has far outpaced … capital charges, insurance companies invest more heavily in bonds and CLO tranches with higher yields. Preferences for CLO …

We show that insurance companies have almost nonupled their investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) in … the post-crisis period, reaching total holdings of $125 billion in 2019. The growth in CLOs’ investments has far outpaced … capital charges, insurance companies invest more heavily in bonds and CLO tranches with higher yields. Preferences for CLO …

We show that insurance companies have almost nonupled their investments in collateralized loanobligations (CLOs) in the … post-crisis period, reaching total holdings of $125B in 2019. The growthin CLOs’ investments has far outpaced that of loans …, insurance companies invest more heavily in bonds and CLO tranches with higher yields. Preferences for CLO tranches derived from …

The goal of this paper is to provide a critical overview of Moroccan insurance/pension fund investments in alternative … imposed by the regulator are not the real reasons why insurance companies / pension funds in our database reduce their … investments in the alternative asset market. The results also show that the barriers that deter Moroccan insurance/pension funds …

Insurance companies often follow highly correlated investment strategies. As major investors in corporate bonds, their … following a rating downgrade. Reflective of fire-sale risk, clustering of insurance companies in a bond has significant … bond yield spreads is more evident for bonds held to a greater extent by capital-constrained insurance companies, those …

(leverage, liquidity risk and maturity mismatch, complexity and government regulation) associated with systemic risk are … assessed for the insurance sector. A distinction is made between the core activities of insurers (e.g., underwriting, reserving … counterparty credit risk. New and proposed state and federal regulation are reviewed in light of the potential for systemic risk …