NEAM Insights | Non-US (18)

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2025 U.S. Life Industry Investment Highlights: Strong Yields, Moderating Income Growth

Executive Summary In 2025, the U.S. life insurance industry’s net investment income continued to rise, though at a slower pace, extending the upward trend since 2023. Supported by ...

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Volatility Returns with Vigor

The first quarter of 2018 unfolded with an eventful cadence. Equity price gains accelerated in January as robust earnings revisions and a sharp...

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Is Low Inflation Here to Stay?

The long-run rate of inflation in the U.S. is roughly 3%, yet we haven’t had sustained inflation readings in that range since the mid-1990s. There...

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The End of the Central Bank Quantitative Easing Party

Investors are becoming increasingly concerned about prospects for higher levels of both inflation and interest rates, resulting in the recent spate...

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Fourth Quarter 2017: Equity Review - A Record Year

Written in January 2018 Returns for 2017 have been nothing short of spectacular, and records abound. The Dow Jones index recorded 70 plus record...

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The New World Order: Bridging the Gap

Regulatory and rating agency solvency assessment methods are evolving. A.M. Best is deploying its new capital adequacy model. NAIC Own Risk and...

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Impact of Tax Reform on Municipal Bonds and Preferred Stocks

Municipal Bonds First and foremost, muni bond income remains tax-free at the Federal level for individual investors, as it has been since the Federal...

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Returns and Yields 2018

Background The first year of the Trump presidency turned out to be a surprise in several ways, but perhaps the most notable was the complacency and...

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2016 U.S. Life Investment Highlights: Yield Decline Continues

In spite of a 6% decline in overall premiums and deposits, the reported net income for the life industry dropped only marginally in 2016, due to...

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Third Quarter 2017: Equity Review - The Augmented Age

In the third quarter, the S&P 500 gained 4.5% with each month generating positive returns, and extending the positive monthly return streak to...

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From Ubiquitous to Infamous: The Rise and Fall of LIBOR

In late July the head of the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) noted in a speech that, although there has been substantial improvement in the...

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