Experts in mitigating risk
Regulatory capital management is of the highest importance to our clients. We are at the forefront of market developments and use our insight and expertise to develop new ways of mitigating risk and optimising capital management.
Market leading practice
We advise on a full range of risk transfer transactions such as those involving a blend of insurance and non-insurance counterparties and "transformer" structures involving both reinsurance and capital markets structures.
An integrated, global offering
We advise a range of clients including international re-insurers in relation to longevity swaps; and financial reinsurance (such as Hannover Re, VidaCaixa, RGA and Swiss Re).
Innovation
We have also been heavily involved in a number of innovative transactions involving pensions de-risking and the establishment of pensions reinsurance captives for multi-nationals.
Our experience includes advising:
EU Life Insurer on a Solvency II quasi-reinsurance transaction to support LAC-DT
An International Reinsurer on a cross-border VIF reinsurance, combined with annuity and historical claims reinsurances
A Major Australian Life Insurer in respect of various cross-border longevity risk transfer transactions
Prudential on a renegotiation of an existing annuity reassurance agreement with a household name UK insurer
An international reinsurer on a cross border VIF reinsurance, combined with annuity and historical claims reinsurances
A Multinational on a pension captive structure programme, involving buy-ins with fronters and reinsurances to captives on a cross-border basis
VidaCaixa on the VIF monetisation transaction, combining a quota share reinsurance and an annuities reinsurance, entered into with Berkshire Hathaway