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Comment: Athora eyes off PIC for M&A, but is Apollo the 'real story'?
23 June 2025Further PE ownership on the cards for large UK lifer
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Viridium hails change in ownership as "very good news for our clients"
03 June 2025Change in ownership hoped to be completed by December
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BaFin warns of credit risks as private debt holdings approach 30% at some insurers
16 May 2025German regulator plans focus on firms with heavy alternatives block, in 2025
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Chart of the Week - European CFOs' ongoing appetite for private markets investments
16 May 2025From infra to private credit and PE, CFOs' hunger shows little sign of abating
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Solvency of Zurich's German transfer insurer softens despite investment de-risking
07 May 2025Zurich Legacy Life detailed its risk-taking in its latest SFCR
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Chart of the Week - Why Germany's 'silent life book run-off' could be a rainmaker for BlackRock
04 April 2025Fitch estimates €100bn of German life books still up for consolidation
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Fitch predicts boost for Viridium's asset management arm from BlackRock deal
04 April 2025Asset manager is in consortium buying Cinven out of life consolidator
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A 'Happy Future' for Viridium and its new owners including BlackRock?
20 March 2025Cinven is selling out of German life consolidator to insurers and manager, in €3.5bn deal
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German lifers' ratings unaffected by TMTP recalculations, Fitch says
08 November 2024But warns declining bond yields could put some life insurers' capital under pressure again
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BaFin warns of concerning early-year lapse rates in some savings products
28 August 2024German regulator notes how front-loading of policy costs can hit policyholders leaving early