New England Asset Management

New England Asset Management

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, New England Asset Management operates as a dedicated asset manager for the insurance industry. The firm was built to serve insurers exclusively, a structural choice that has defined its client base and investment process for four decades. NEAM's core mandate spans asset management, enterprise capital strategy, and investment accounting services, all calibrated for insurance regulatory and risk-based capital requirements. The firm manages $88.9 billion in insurance company net admitted assets as of year-end 2025, drawn from 141 insurance company clients. Its platform includes the CARA® analytics suite for capital and risk modeling, and its investment accounting operation covers fixed income, equities, and private placements. Published research such as its May 2026 Trade Winds note directly addresses insurance investment trends, comparing shorter-tail and longer-tail carrier portfolios. With 146 employees, NEAM operates its principal office in Farmington and an additional office in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The firm maintains a singular insurance focus, with 99% of client assets sourced from insurance carriers. In May 2026, the firm released a thematic note on property versus casualty investment trends, examining asset allocation differences across tail durations — an illustration of its continuing research output tailored to insurance CIOs. NEAM's structural differentiator is its embedded role inside insurance company investment operations. The firm brands itself as "your investment team down the hall," highlighting a co-sourced or fully outsourced model where its professionals integrate with client treasury and finance functions rather than operating as a distant third-party manager. That proximity, combined with its scale, gives it access to bespoke fixed-income origination and a capital-adequacy lens that generic asset managers lack.