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
Specialized Market Expert
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Custom Solutions Provider
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Committed Partner
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Insurance Solutions: By the Numbers
(As of 12/31/23)
65 Clients
$50B AUM
Insights & Resources
The Road Not Taken by Insurance Investors
Where Frost took the road less traveled, we insurance PMs can take two (or more!) roads at once as we forge a path that delivers on our investment objectives.
Private Credit Insights: Every Problem Is an Opportunity in Disguise
Bank lending and deal flow on the decline, economic stress on the rise. It’s a surprisingly good time for private credit.
Interest-Only Securities Make a Strong Comeback
Interest-only securities offer attractive, high-single-digit unlevered yields to the market’s base-case prepayment expectation and stand to benefit from significant spread
Five Things to Watch in Securitized Credit
The forecast for securitized credit has turned notably brighter in recent months, even as the dark cloud of offices continues to cast a long shadow.
Using FHLBs for Insurance Portfolio Management to Drive Risk-Adjusted Returns
Adding durable, low-cost external leverage to lower-volatility assets via the FHLB system can be an attractive way to enhance risk-adjusted return potential versus owning h
Insurance themes: A rolling stone gathers no moss
Higher investible yields and elevated volatility have combined to create meaningful opportunities for insurance companies with the willingness and ability
About the Team
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.
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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1 As of 12/31/23.
2 Pensions & Investments, “The Largest Money Managers,” 2023 Survey based on assets as of 12/31/22.
3 DCS Financial Consulting, Clearwater Analytics based on assets as of 12/31/22.