Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Eliana Rodgers The general account is where an insurer deposits premiums from ...

In a low-interest-rate environment, money managers say they are seeing strong interest and hires by insurance companies looking for ways to increase returns in their general accounts through ...

A significant majority of third-party insurance AUM is invested in fixed-income strategies, but insurers are increasingly allocating to alternative investments. Unaffiliated general account insurance ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...