Athene
- athene.com/
- James Belardi - CEO / CIO
- in 2006 left as a senior executive at AIG to start an insurer
- SunAmerica
- William J. Wheeler, Vice Chairman
- was President of the Americas group for MetLife
- 2012 0516 - GOV (House) - The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: What it Means to be a Systemically Important Financial Institution, (CSPAN) Designation of Systemically Significant Financial Institutions, Economists Panel - [PDF-121p, VIDEO-CSPAN]
- James Belardi - CEO / CIO
- Acquisitions
- AVIVA
- LockHeed Martin
- 2022 0627 - LockHeed Martin - Lockheed Martin Reduces Gross Pension Obligation By $4.3 Billion With Purchase Of Group Annuity Contracts - [link]
- 2022 0908 - GOV (Senate) - Current Issues in Insurance
- banking.senate.gov/hearings/current-issues-in-insurance
- Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren
- apolloathenewatch.org/
- When Athene takes over pension benefit payments, what changes for retirees?
- apolloathenewatch.org/senators-brown-and-warren-raise-concerns-about-apollo-and-athenes-pension-buyouts-at-banking-committee-hearing/
2012 0516 - GOV (House) - The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: What it Means to be a Systemically Important Financial Institution, (CSPAN) Designation of Systemically Significant Financial Institutions, Economists Panel - [PDF-121p, VIDEO-CSPAN] - 53:41
- 11:25 - William (Bill) Wheeler (MetLife - America's Division, President)
- Largest Life Insurance Company in the United States, Bank-Centric Rules Inappropriate, Only company with a Bank Holding Company - Selling it, so they will be regulated by insurance commissioners.
- Investments
- Banks v Insurance Companies Different
- TARP, Look at Activities-Based
- 29:00 - Carolyn Maloney/ Bill Wheeler (MetLife) - What caused AIG Failure?
- 36:00 - Luetkemeyer/ Bill Wheeler (MetLife) - Interconnectedness, derivatives etc, Banks, Traditional Insurance
- In December 2012, Aviva agreed to sell Aviva USA Corporation to Athene Holding for US$1.8 billion (£1.1 billion) as part of a plan to improve shareholder returns and reduce the group's capital requirements, having paid $2.9 billion in 2006 and incurring a large loss on sale.[25][26]
- Athene subsequently sold the life insurance business of Aviva to Global Atlantic.[27]