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Life back-book consolidators shrug off threat from rising rates
09 August 2022Rising interest rates are unlikely to stop life insurers from selling their legacy liabilities to consolidators, as many other incentives for doing deals remain. David Walker reports
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Talanx buys Italian non-life firm from Apollo
22 October 2020The purchase is part of the German firm's plan to be in the top 10 of Italian non-life insurers
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Athene records $1.1bn loss driven by Covid-19
11 May 2020The pandemic's financial impact on the life reinsurer is expected to be temporary says its CEO
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Hedge fund Elliott Management snaps up US life insurer
14 March 2018Activist investor has teamed up with Wand Partners for Prosperity deal
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Fairfax to acquire Brit Insurance for £1.22bn
17 February 2015Latest in series of major M&A deals
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Portuguese insurers under pressure to sell bank debt
09 December 2014The Portuguese insurance supervisor has found that one in five insurers fall short of capital under Solvency II, even after taking into account the benefit of the volatility adjustment. What's more, concentrated exposures to the financial sector are sending capital requirements through the roof, as Hugo Coelho explores