{"id":3691,"date":"2025-11-12T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:22:35","slug":"alternative-investments-now-central-to-insurance-portfolios-clearwater-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/alternative-investments-now-central-to-insurance-portfolios-clearwater-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative investments now central to insurance portfolios: Clearwater Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), a provider of investment management technology, has published new research indicating that alternative investments have moved from a niche strategy to a key part of insurance portfolios.<\/p>\n

\"\"These assets now make up almost one third of the US insurance industry\u2019s total holdings, estimated at around $2.7 trillion, as insurers shift away from traditional investment approaches.<\/p>\n

The report, \u201cAre \u2018Alternatives\u2019 Still Alternative?\u201d, brings together industry-wide NAIC data with analysis from about 400 Clearwater Analytics clients, representing a combined total of $4.4 trillion in assets. It provides detailed insight into the extent and pace of alternative investment adoption across the insurance sector.<\/p>\n

The study points to a lasting change within the industry. Assets once considered non-traditional have become a structural feature of insurance portfolios. Private credit, including privately placed bonds and mortgage loans, now represents the largest share of alternative allocations.<\/p>\n

CWAN\u2019s data also shows that outdated technology systems are struggling to support the increased complexity of these investments, taking three to five times longer to process than conventional assets.<\/p>\n

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Data from CWAN\u2019s platform highlights notable differences in how insurers are allocating to alternatives, showing an uneven rate of adoption across the market. The report also explores how post-pandemic market shifts have permanently influenced portfolio structures and investment priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat this research shows is that alternatives have moved from the periphery to the core of insurance portfolios, they\u2019ve already won,\u201d added Kirat Singh, President, Risk and Alternative Assets, CWAN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing with our clients is leading insurance companies shifting capital to privates and alts, some at 35% while others going as high as 70-80%. The real challenge now is operational, and having an open, scalable technology infrastructure becomes essential to handle this complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The analysis draws on CWAN\u2019s proprietary platform, which supports more than $10 trillion in global assets. It reveals wide variation in exposure levels, with some insurers holding only a small proportion of alternatives and others exceeding half their portfolios. Despite these differences, the findings confirm a strong structural trend driven by the pursuit of diversification, consistent returns and better alignment with liabilities.<\/p>\n

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Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), a provider of investment management technology, has published new research indicating that alternative investments have moved from a niche strategy to a key part of insurance portfolios. These assets now make up almost one third of the US insurance industry\u2019s total holdings, estimated at around $2.7 trillion, as insurers shift away from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beijingcareer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}