Reinsurer Monument Re is weighing choices for its operations, Reuters reported citing undisclosed sources.
The Bermuda-based firm and its house owners are in talks with Citigroup and Fenchurch Advisory to debate attainable choices, together with a sale, the sources mentioned.
With a e-book worth of near €1.2bn ($1.3bn) as of December 2022, Monument Re reported a decline in its solvency ratio, an indicator of economic energy, final yr.
The reinsurer acquires life insurance coverage insurance policies from insurance coverage gamers comparable to Allianz and AXA.
In response to one of many sources, the corporate’s possession construction is fragmented with a number of institutional and particular person shareholders.
These embody Enstar Group, Hannover Re, and Caspar Berendsen, a accomplice at personal fairness firm Cinven.
Hannover Re, Citi, Enstar, and Fenchurch refused to touch upon the event. Cinven accomplice Caspar Berendsen and Monument Re chairman Jonathan Yates additionally declined to remark.
In December, Monument Re-listed E-L Monetary amongst its institutional buyers, nevertheless, a consultant for E-L Monetary, with out elaborating, mentioned it was not a shareholder anymore.
Final yr, Monument Re recorded a solvency ratio of 167%, which exceeded the minimal regulatory requirement however was a lot beneath the 299% it reported in 2021.
The decline was attributed to modifications within the methodology for valuing solvency, in addition to a payout of €202m to decrease group debt.
Though the corporate’s revenue after taxes stayed largely flat in 2022, it additionally reported unrealised losses on its funding portfolio of greater than €1.2bn.
Different monetary organisations have additionally skilled a decline within the worth of their investments as a consequence of rising rates of interest.
In April 2021, Allianz offered its closed life e-book portfolio in Belgium to Monument Re.
