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(Reuters) - Allstate Corporation said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell most of its life insurance business to entities managed by buyout firm Blackstone Group Inc for $2.8 billion.
The deal comes as global life insurers are taking steps to curb payouts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, including long-term health consequences that are not fully understood.
In the United States, 8% of reported group life insurance claims from April to August attributed the cause of death to COVID-19, according to the U.S. Society of Actuaries.
“Allstate is deploying capital out of lower growth and return businesses while continuing to execute our strategy to grow market share in personal property-liability,” Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson said.
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On January 26, 2021, The Allstate Corporation sold Allstate Life Insurance Company to Antelope US Holdings Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, an affiliate of an investment fund associated with The Blackstone Group Inc. Blackstone will acquire all of Allstate Life Insurance Company’s subsidiaries except for Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York. The total consideration to be paid by Blackstone to the Sellers is expected to be approximately US$ 2.8 billion in cash, subject to adjustment as specified in the Purchase Agreement, which may include downward adjustment for an up to US$ 400 million pre-closing extraordinary dividend from Allstate Life Insurance, if any, to Allstate Insurance Company. Allstate has been surgically deploying capital out of spread-based products with life and annuity liabilities declining to US$ 5 billion after the closing of
Allstate To Sell Allstate Life Insurance To Blackstone For $2.8 Bln
Allstate Corp. has agreed to sell Allstate Life Insurance Co. or ALIC to entities managed by Blackstone for $2.8 billion, including a pre-closing dividend from ALIC of up to $400 million. The sale excludes Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York. Blackstone will enter into an asset management agreement for ALIC’s $28 billion.
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The Allstate Corporation has agreed to sell Allstate Life Insurance Company to entities managed by Blackstone for $2.8 billion, the company said in a news release.
ALIC holds approximately 80% (or $23 billion) of Allstate’s life and annuity reserves and generated net income of $467 million in 2019 and a net loss of $23 million in the first nine months of 2020. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval with an expected closing in the second half of 2021.
“Allstate is deploying capital out of lower growth and return businesses while continuing to execute our strategy to grow market share in personal property-liability and expand protection solutions for customers,” said Tom Wilson, chair, president and CEO. “Customers will be protected using non-proprietary life insurance products, as is currently done for annuities. Deployable capital will increase, and the transaction also provides increased transparency to the industry-leading returns of our core protection busines