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  M&A

  GP consolidation, insurance deals drive rise in financial services M&A

  January 30, 2025

  The financial services sector saw its best M&A year since 2021, with significant activity in insurance and asset manager acquisitions fueling deal growth.

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  Featured

  As LA wildfires rage, PE-backed insurers start to count the costs

  January 10, 2025

  The still-burning fires in Los Angeles could create challenges for insurers who provide coverage to homeowners in the affected area.

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  Insurance

  Nippon Life in talks to acquire Resolution Life for $8.2B

  December 10, 2024

  The deal, poised to be Japan’s largest insurance transaction, highlights a bold outbound move, as nondomestic PE investors also seek targets in Japan.

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  Private Equity

  Warburg, Temasek snag SRG in $1.3B insurance deal

  May 21, 2024

  Warburg Pincus and Singapore’s Temasek have picked up Specialist Risk Group in Europe’s biggest insurance deal this year.

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  Lending

  AllianceBernstein launches NAV lending initiative

  December 4, 2023

  AllianceBernstein unveiled its new NAV lending business with a $500 million anchor investment from its insurance parent, Equitable Holdings.

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  Insurance

  KKR ramps up insurance bets in fundraising dry spell

  November 28, 2023

  KKR has announced one of PE’s largest insurance bets this year, a $2.7 billion agreement to increase its stake in life insurer Global Atlantic.

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  Private Equity

  Perpetual capital fuels largest PE managers’ growth

  September 12, 2023

  Some big-name private fund managers fueled their asset and revenue growth by tapping into perpetual capital while fundraising hit a speed bump.

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  Insurance

  Warburg Pincus’ latest bet on insurance uses its own capital

  September 11, 2023

  Warburg Pincus ups its bet on the insurance industry through a new collaboration with US insurance behemoth Prudential Financial.

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  Insurance

  Fortress Investment Group makes insurance market play with Nassau stake

  September 4, 2023

  Fortress Investment Group, the Mubadala-owned private investment manager, has formed its first partnership with an insurance company.

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  Insurance

  Cinven closes first financial services fund amid PE sector consolidation

  July 10, 2022

  Cinven has closed its first dedicated financial services fund with more than $1.5 billion, as private equity’s appetite for the sector—particularly its insurance business—intensifies.

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  BlackRock

  BlackRock seeking to manage up to $150B in AIG assets

  March 27, 2022

  In its latest partnership with private equity, insurance specialist American International Group has agreed to let BlackRock oversee up to $150 billion of its assets.

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  Cybersecurity

  Cowbell Cyber raises $100M as investors catch cyber insurance wave

  March 14, 2022

  As more small and medium-sized businesses turn to standalone cyber coverage amid costly ransomware and digital attacks, investors are placing bigger bets on cyber insurance startups.

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  Insurance

  UK insurer RSA in £7.2B takeover talks with foreign suitors

  November 5, 2020

  Intact Financial and Tryg have made a joint bid for 300-year-old insurer RSA in 2020’s largest takeover approach of a UK-listed company.

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  IPO

  Lemonade doubles value in trading debut

  July 1, 2020

  Online insurance provider Lemonade’s NYSE debut Thursday marked a 139% pop in its stock and a twofold increase in its market cap.

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  Add-ons

  Abry Partners rides wave of add-ons toward a $1B insurance exit

  October 15, 2019

  So far in 2019, US private equity firms are conducting more add-ons than ever before. For Abry Partners and The Hilb Group, the trend could help lead to a 10-figure windfall.

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  Insurance

  Next Insurance secures $250M, clears $1B valuation

  October 6, 2019

  Small business insurance provider Next Insurance has raised a $250 million Series C with a $1 billion-plus valuation led by Germany’s Munich Re.

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  IPO

  Swiss Re drops £3.3B ReAssure IPO

  July 10, 2019

  Swiss Re has canceled ReAssure’s IPO over weak investor demand, joining the list of public offerings struggling post-Brexit.

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  Healthcare

  Centene inks $17.3B insurance deal amid growing uncertainty in healthcare

  March 26, 2019

  Centene has agreed to buy rival WellCare Health Plans, but the deal comes amid increasing regulatory scrutiny over antitrust concerns in the industry.

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