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Insurance Companies

Voya Investment Management’s insurance solutions team focuses on helping to guide, build, and manage customized investment solutions for insurance companies.
 

 

Our Philosophy

 

With over 40 years of insurance asset management experience globally, we are committed to being a reliable partner for our clients. We focus on delivering capital efficient investment solutions through a cross-functional, collaborative process led by our specialized Insurance Portfolio Management team (IPM), with clear accountability, speed to implementation, and connectivity to support expertise.

The client is at the center of all that we do. Our experienced insurance solutions team acts as a center point of contact for each client, in order to bring the best of Voya to each organization.

Experienced provider of customized investment solutions to insurance companies

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Specialized Market Expert

  • Approximately 850 employees and more than 200 investors in the U.S. & UK averaging over 40 years of insurance asset management experience
  • Leading authority in insurance asset management, with $93B under management for a global client base1
  • One of the 50 largest asset managers globally2
  • Top 10 Insurance Manager in the U.S. and ranked 17th by global AUM3

 

Custom Solutions Provider

  • Customized solutions optimized for unique objectives and constraints
  • Insurance advisory resources informed by tailored quantitative research
  • Coordinated regulatory, capital, tax, legal, financial reporting/accounting an actuarial expertise

 

Committed Partner

  • Collaborative approach toward managing assets for insurers
  • Mandate structures encourage strong alignment of interest
  • Access to our capital markets research and insights

 

Insurance Solutions: By the Numbers

(As of 09/30/24)

 

74 

Clients

 

$56.8 Billion 

AUM


 

Insights & Resources 

 


 

About the Team

 

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Jeffrey Hobbs, CFA

Head of Insurance
Portfolio Management
jeffrey.hobbs@voya.com
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Jeffrey Hobbs is head of insurance portfolio management at Voya Investment Management, responsible for developing and implementing full-service customized investment solutions across all asset classes for Voya’s proprietary general account as well as Voya’s external insurance clients. He is also a member of Voya Investment Management’s Investment Committee governing the broader platform and acts as vice chair of the Voya IM Credit Committee. Previously at Voya, Jeffrey served as an insurance portfolio manager focused on the management of proprietary U.S. insurance assets and multi-sector insurance accounts for third party insurance clients. Prior to joining Voya, he was a portfolio manager at 40|86 Advisors, the investment management subsidiary of CNO Financial Group. Jeffrey earned an MBA from the University of Chicago with concentrations in analytic finance, corporate finance and economics, and a BBA in finance with honors from the University of Oklahoma. He serves on the Emerging Leaders for Children’s board at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, supporting pediatric healthcare initiatives in our community, and is a CFA® Charterholder.

 

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Michael Alvarez, CFA

Managing Director,
Head of Insurance Solutions
michael.alvarez@voya.com
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Michael Alvarez is head of insurance solutions at Voya Investment Management, responsible for delivering broad investment management and advisory services to insurance companies. Previously at Voya, he was a client advisor and team leader for the US Insurance Solutions team. Prior to that at Voya, Michael was an analyst in the strategy and corporate development team, where he focused on the separation of the U.S. business from ING Group, strategic planning, and competitor intelligence. Michael earned an AB in economics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University. He is a CFA® Charterholder and holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations.

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Awards & Recognitions

 

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Insurance Investors’ Real Estate Manager of the Year

 

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Insurance Investors’ Private Markets Manager of Year

In 2024, Voya Investment Management (Voya IM) was named Insurance Investors’ 2024 Real Estate Manager of the Year & Insurance Investors' 2024 Private Markets Manager of the Year. Submissions are judged on multiple factors, including solutions offered and evolution of the investment track record (ex. holdings, styles of investing), that demonstrate the fund manager’s focus on innovation and evolution in their management approach. Submissions were evaluated on a scale of 1(weak) -100(excellent). To participate, a firm must provide any return data for its track record. Voya IM did not pay a fee to be considered for the award but did pay a $300 fee to receive the award. Awards and/or rankings are not representative of actual client experiences or outcomes and are not indicative of any future performance.

1 As of 09/30/24.
2 Pensions & Investments, “The Largest Money Managers,” 2024 Survey based on assets as of 12/31/23.
3 DCS Financial Consulting, Clearwater Analytics based on assets as of 12/31/23.

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