A decade on from the financial crisis, the market has entered very interesting times as the industry moves towards the end of the credit cycle and a number of topics on the political agenda take precedence. With the end of the credit cycle in sight and geopolitical risk on the rise, firms will want to take a safer stance with investment strategy. Firms also have the added complexity to meet yield targets under the persistently low rate environment and Solvency II rules and in order to do this they have turned to investing in alternative assets. Alternative assets have become increasingly desirable with their ability to give higher returns, but this comes at the price of higher risk.

With all this in mind, this marcus evans conference will look at how to build an insurance portfolio that accommodates market changes as the industry moves towards the end of a credit cycle and prepares for geopolitical risk.