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Fitch: change in Viridium's ownership could revive life book deal with Zurich
04 April 2025Ratings agency says BlackRock's part-stake should enhance Viridium's asset management capability
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Viridium sale likely to spark resurgence in European life consolidation
21 March 2025Backing from major insurers and asset managers to assuage regulatory concerns
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T&D Holdings to pay $800m as part of Viridium buyer consortium
21 March 2025Japanese group now present in European and US legacy life consolidation markets
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Consortium of insurers and asset managers to take over Germany's Viridium
19 March 2025Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings, Hannover Re and Generali back closed-book life consolidator
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Germany's sluggish economic recovery impacting life insurers
21 January 2025AM Best maintains negative outlook for Germany's life insurance segment
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The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe
24 June 2024While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds
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Consolidated results: how Medvida Partners completes deals in a tough environment
17 June 2024Europe's life insurance consolidators are under close scrutiny by regulators, but Antonio Trueba tells David Walker how his firm has cleared the hurdles - and why the market is set to thrive
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German life business in "silent run-off" as growth stalls
15 May 2024Back-book consolidation trend to continue despite cancelled Zurich and Axa deals, says rating agency analyst
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German life consolidators reveal lapse risk details in 2023 SFCRs
08 May 2024All life firms discussed their experience, mitigation and examinations of policy surrenders
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Viridium CEO defends role of life consolidators after back-book deal blocked
08 May 2024Tilo Dresig says firm almost doubled minimum returns for Generali Leben policyholders