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Swiss Re Sees 38% Boost in Life/Health Embedded Value Earnings
Swiss Re said in a statement. "New business value of 664 million francs was driven by the GE Life UK acquisition, which closed in December 2006, and the effect of higher margins in ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 3, 2007
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Swiss Re: EU Directive Influenced Luxembourg Focus
Ireland told a Dublin insurance conference. "Being able to have one bucket of capital as opposed to many buckets of capital across Europe is a big advantage," Scott McIntosh, ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 19, 2007
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Swiss Re Completes Acquisition of GE's U.K. Life Business
Admin Re life administration unit. The Zurich-based reinsurer acquired the entire share capital of U.K. GE Life for 465 million pounds ($912.8 million) cash, including 260 million ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 14, 2006
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Swiss Re: Securitization Shows Signs of Rapid Take-Off
... Group cessions (BestWire, Nov. 9, 2006). Late last year, Swiss Re securitized the second of two groups of life insurance policies, issuing $370 million in securities against the ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 12, 2006
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Insurers Could Supplant Banks' Role, Claims RBS Capital Chief
Royal Bank of Scotland. Speaking at the Geneva Association's 3rd International Insurance and Finance Seminar in London, she said that by issuing hybrid securities to finance ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 8, 2006
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Swiss Re to Acquire GE's U.K. Life Businesses
National Mutual Fund, acquired by GE Life in 2002. The cash price for the acquisition is 465 million pounds, including 260 million pounds for statutory net assets. Completion of ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 13, 2006
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Report Sees More Insurers Entering Banking Sector
Last year's sale of Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc. to MetLife Inc. prompted some observers to lament the death of the "financial supermarket" business model many ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 14, 2006
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Swiss Re's Life/Health Embedded Value Up 17.5% in 2005
Swiss franc" totaling 1.9 billion francs. The improved operating profit from existing business was helped by positive mortality experience worldwide, the reinsurer said. The ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 13, 2006
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Swiss Re: Life Industry Consolidation Will Accelerate
Swiss Re said in a statement. The study, "Getting Together: Global Takes the Lead in Life Insurance M&A," concludes that life insurance mergers and acquisitions will "increase ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 6, 2006
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Swiss Re: Life Industry Consolidation Will Accelerate
Swiss Re said in a statement. The study, "Getting Together: Global Takes the Lead in Life Insurance M&A," concludes that life insurance mergers and acquisitions will "increase ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 6, 2006
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Swiss Re Securitizes Second Group of U.S. Life Policies
Capital Assurance (UK) Ltd., Swiss Re said. Series A notes total $220 million and have an average maturity of 2.3 years. Series B notes, totaling $90 million, have an average ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 29, 2005
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Swiss Re Comes Out Against National Catastrophe Fund
Chief Financial Officer John Fitzpatrick. "We're getting more data and getting more precise." The proposal to establish a backstop for extremely large natural catastrophes -- most ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 15, 2005
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