The long-standing partnership between insurance and alternatives asset management has reached an inflection point—with new partnership constructs and innovative avenues of growth taking hold. For many, the deeper collaboration is only natural given insurance companies’ long-dated liabilities and alternative managers’ long-term investment outlook.

As this important market dynamic continues to mature, in this issue of TPG Insights, we sit down with TPG CFO Jack Weingart and three seasoned insurance company CIOs—Amy Stepnowski of the Hartford Investment Management Corporation (HIMCO), Jean-Baptiste Tricot of AXA, and Eric Johnson of CNO—to get their perspectives on the current market outlook for insurance asset managers, the portfolio benefits of alternatives, and the co-evolution of the insurance and alternatives industries.