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Allocations to this asset class were generally below 5% of the insurers’ total assets in 2025 despite rising over the past few years as they looked to boost yields and portfolio diversity, Fitch says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Allocations to stocks and commodities are at their highest levels since February of 2022.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

Pupil Premium data comes from the Pupil Premium Allocations produced by the Department for Education.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

Allocations were made following a period of unusually heavy precipitation, meaning “we’ve been living beyond our means in terms of water delivery compared to water available,” said Sharon Megdal, a University of Arizona water expert.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2021

Allocations of troops are things for which one does not take the other country to task, asking for categorical explanations, but against which one takes counter precautions with equal reserve and circumspection.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno