Insurance
We are an advisor to a number of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers on their strategic projects
Expertise covers restructuring of regulatory capital, strategic reinsurance, longevity transactions, M&A and regulatory matters.
Fully integrated with the firm's global Financial Institutions Group, the team advise financial institution clients on complex transactions and regulatory issues. The team also advise our financial institution clients in respect of their own trade credit and political risk insurance policies.
The group advise a number of investment banks in respect of trading longevity risks with banks, insurers and investment schemes, as well as advising insurers and investment banks on regulatory capital and liquidity transactions. We advise in the companies market and at Lloyd's. In addition to advising financial institutions, local and multinational companies and government bodies, a number of our team have spent time in industry, with insurance regulators or as underwriters. The team has the specialist product knowledge you would expect of a market leading insurance team, coupled with a well-rounded view of the sector to provide our clients with commercially relevant advice in the most efficient manner.
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Publications: 27 MARCH 2020
Covid-19 coronavirus: are you protected under your Business Interruption Policy?
Members of Allen & Overy’s Insurance and Litigation teams held a call to discuss the extent to which business interruption policies protect against losses arising from the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.
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News: 10 FEBRUARY 2020
Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes agree GBP10 billion longevity swap
Allen & Overy has advised Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited (the Trustee) on longevity insurance and reinsurance arrangements to protect certain Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes from the cost of unexpected increases in the life expectancy of its members.
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Publications: 03 FEBRUARY 2020
New regulation relaxes foreign ownership requirements for Indonesian insurers
From January 2020, there has been a relaxation to the existing restrictions on foreign equity ownership of an Indonesian insurer, which will “grandfather” existing foreign ownership interests in excess of the 80% threshold and permit capital increases and spin-offs of Sharia units by insurers without strict adherence to the 80:20 rule.
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News: 09 JANUARY 2020
We have recently produced a client presentation on global trends in private M&A. Our findings draw on an in-depth analysis of more than 1,250 private M&A deals that A&O has advised on globally over the last eight years, looking at deal dynamics, execution risks and deal terms. This has given us exceptional insight into global and regional trends in market practice.
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Ranked first by volume and second by value of European insurance sector M&A deals in the last five years
Thomson Reuters 2018
They are heavyweights in insurance M&A and reinsurance – hard to beat!
Chambers UK 2018 (Insurance)
They are responsive, approachable, expert and just generally great people to have on your team.
Chambers UK 2018 (Insurance)
It’s excellent service, very pragmatic, very thorough, they have a large, impressive team. We are very satisfied with the depth and quality that runs through it.
Chambers UK 2018 (Insurance)
They are first-rate. They are reliable, produce everything on time and the work product is extremely high-quality.
Chambers UK 2018 (Insurance)