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...It is the second big transaction by a private capital-backed firm to take on long-term life insurance business that has failed in recent months....
...The steep rise in the cost of home insurance in the US and elsewhere can be traced, in part, to a move two years ago by P&C reinsurers to increase the price of cover against natural catastrophes and toughen...
...“The big question is, can the PE firms be a trusted owner of a life insurance company?” said Isabelle Santenac, global insurance leader at consultancy EY....
...To highlight the implications of climate change for life and health insurance, the Geneva Association, together with Wellcome, the research foundation, published a paper in February....
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...In addition to taking on life insurance premiums through reinsurance agreements with primary insurers, it plans to offer outsourced investment management to insurers looking for expertise in private assets...
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...Insurance group Zurich’s sale of a $20bn life insurance book to Viridium has collapsed, with the private equity-backed German consolidator citing “considerations relating to [its] current ownership structure...
...Its life insurance peers are closer to parity. One investor concern is the capital-hungry nature of bulk annuity business....
..., which is a significant provider of home, motor and life insurance, and has more than 18mn customers worldwide....
...Brussels-based Ageas said a deal would strengthen its position in the European market and help it rebalance towards non-life insurance business....
...The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore’s second-largest lender, has made an offer to fully acquire its life insurance subsidiary Great Eastern Holdings....
...But Kuvare has established itself as a canny specialist in the bespoke assets that life insurers invest in. Kuvare joins a growing trend....
...Direct Line shareholders should be wary given Ageas’s poor performance in recent years thanks to its overexposure to unfashionable guaranteed life contracts....
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...The group is split into an active asset management arm, a life insurance and pensions business and a financial advice business. M&G’s share price rose by about 2 per cent in morning trading....
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