Life
Zurich’s Latin America expansion heads life growth
Life business profits exceed $760m despite challenging markets in Asia and North America
€5.2bn international life insurer to be sold
French firm Apicil Group is to take over Luxembourg-based insurer OneLife in a Europe-wide expansion.
Axa Life Europe sold in €1.2bn deal
French insurance giant Axa is to sell its Dublin-based closed book life business to private equity firm Cinven in a deal worth €1.17bn (£1.1bn, $1.4bn).
How to spot a dodgy life insurance contract
Small advice firms could face tougher anti-money laundering (AML) safeguards under a regime drafted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has published a series of red flags for suspicious insurance contracts.
How can a ‘closed’ insurer be open for business?
Phoenix is widely known as a closed fund consolidator, but chief executive Andy Moss argues that this, in many ways, is a misnomer. In this article, he explains why the recent transaction with Standard Life Aberdeen is a “win-win”.