Research reports

In-depth research reports, providing strategic insight and data

Insurance Risk Data offers a variety of reports to suit different needs. These vary from annual in-depth strategic research studies through to data-only reports and bespoke benchmarking studies. Reports are underpinned with data from the Insurance Risk Database, as well as data from a variety of other sources such as national regulators, EIOPA and proprietary data gathered from surveys and interviews.

Bermuda Insurance Investment Outsourcing and Performance Report 2025

234 pages and 140 exhibits. Market intelligence covering key themes affecting investment outsourcing at 180+ Bermudian insurers. Unique insight for asset managers looking to win business. Analysis of; investment management agreements (IMAs); asset-intensive re/insurance; the impact of PE ownership; the role of illiquid investments; solvency levels; investment decision-makers; and more.

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Bermuda Insurance Investment Outsourcing and Performance Report 2024

200 pages and 100 exhibits. Unique market intelligence covering outsourcing at 150+ Bermudian insurers. What asset managers need to win business, key trends, the impact of new regulatory reform, net-zero, fees and more. Includes investment management agreements, asset classes being run, asset size, investment returns, fees, decision-makers, ownership structures and more.

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Insurance Investment Outsourcing Opportunities Report - Europe and UK 2024

The sixth comprehensive annual report on how insurers in Europe and UK, (including Lloyd’s syndicates), invest and outsource their investing activity. 350 pages and 300 exhibits, providing analysis on themes and including details such as size of General Account and unit-linked assets, mandates, managers used, details of mandates and names of investment decision-makers. It includes details of over 2,000 acts of delegation, between about 1,200 insurers in Europe and more than 500 different managers. Ideal for investment managers, asset managers and consultants involved in insurance investment strategy, planning, analysis, research, business development, sales and marketing. A report purchase includes PDF report, Excel Data Chartbook and access to an analyst to discuss report findings.

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Bermuda Insurance Investment Outsourcing and Performance Report 2023

Across 120 pages and 55 exhibits, this report provides pivotal market intelligence on Bermuda's insurance CIOs performance and which asset managers they use. It unpacks the vibrant outsourcing going on at Bermudian insurers, explains what asset managers need to win business, examines key trends in delegations, and how managers can expect to be paid by insurers for their work. Covering both intra-group and external mandates managers, various proprietary terms of their engagements, asset classes being run, and other details of the insurer such as asset size, investment returns, fees, ownership structures and more.

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Insurance Investment Outsourcing Opportunities Report - Europe and UK 2023

The fifth comprehensive annual report on how insurers in Europe and UK, (including Lloyd’s syndicates), invest and outsource their investing activity. 300 pages and 150 exhibits, providing analysis on themes and including details such as size of General Account and unit-linked assets, mandates, managers used, details of mandates, mandate/manager changes and names of investment decision-makers. Over one thousand acts of outsourcing by CIOs revealed. Ideal for investment managers, asset managers and consultants involved in insurance investment strategy, planning, analysis, research, business development, sales and marketing. A report purchase includes PDF report, Excel Data Chartbook and access to an analyst to discuss report findings.

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Bermuda Outsourcing and Performance Report 2022

Insurance Risk Data's inaugural research report on Bermudian insurers' investment patterns and performance, and outsourcing habits. Insurance Investment Outsourcing Opportunities & Performance - Bermuda 2022 is more than 100 pages long, contains more than 70 exhibits, and has detailed information and analysis of investment outsourcing by more than 100 insurers, naming the underwriters and the managers they engage, various details of funds/mandates they use, their investment size and investment performance. This listing reveals the latest outsourcing habits, manager engagements/changes, asset classes being delegated, and recent returns from various asset classes, at named insurers

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