Archive

  • Chart of the Week - As owners of European insurers, do PE/AM managers 'back the right horses'?

    10 October 2025

    Insurance Risk Data's latest research on outsourcing by, and the ownership of, European insurers reveals the answers

  • APAC Week - Is Sompo about to land (yet) another overseas M&A in Aspen?

    26 August 2025

    After the Americas-haul by Japanese groups so far, 'looks like you're gonna need a bigger boat'...

  • APAC Weekly - South Korea's life industry joins APAC's buyers in overseas M&A

    05 August 2025

    Hanwha Life is taking a slightly different tack, in acquiring a New York-based clearing house

  • Comment - T&D Holdings spends $100m on FWD stake, adding to Viridium and Fortitude Re holdings

    26 June 2025

    Acquisitive Japanese group is expanding its burgeoning global strategic portfolio

  • Comment: Athora eyes off PIC for M&A, but is Apollo the 'real story'?

    23 June 2025

    Further PE ownership on the cards for large UK lifer

  • Viridium hails change in ownership as "very good news for our clients"

    03 June 2025

    Change in ownership hoped to be completed by December

  • Solvency of Zurich's German transfer insurer softens despite investment de-risking

    07 May 2025

    Zurich Legacy Life detailed its risk-taking in its latest SFCR

  • Axa's German life policy transfer unit saw market risk double in 2024

    06 May 2025

    But Ager Leben reduced its €1.6bn Zinszusatzreserve

  • Chart of the Week - Why Germany's 'silent life book run-off' could be a rainmaker for BlackRock

    04 April 2025

    Fitch estimates €100bn of German life books still up for consolidation

  • Fitch predicts boost for Viridium's asset management arm from BlackRock deal

    04 April 2025

    Asset manager is in consortium buying Cinven out of life consolidator