‘The Island is Calling Life Insurers’
Interest among US life insurers in capital-release through reinsurance in Bermuda is spiking. The opportunities are described in this guest column by actuaries Nick Komissarov and Faisal Haddad of...
Bermuda Triangle Story
Athene Takes Another Bite at Pensions Apple
In a pension risk transfer deal, Athene Holding will acquire about $4.9 bn in pension assets and liabilities from Lockheed Martin. But when do these deals become too much...
Principal Financial shrinks its exposure to retail annuities
The company said it 'will fully exit US retail fixed annuities— discontinuing new sales of its deferred annuities, payout annuities, indexed annuities—and will pursue strategic alternatives, including divestiture, of...
Security Benefit Life’s Secret Sauce
Joe Wittrock, CIO at Security Benefit Life, explains how the firm's investments outperform. Eldridge Industries, run by ex-Guggenheim president Todd Boehly, owns SBL, Billboard magazine (right, with Billie Eilish...
