A reinsurance affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management could soon be a major player in the U.S. individual life and annuity markets.
The affiliate, Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners, announced Monday that it has agreed to pay $5.1 billion in cash for American National Group, through a deal structured as a merger.
Members of the American National board have already given the deal unanimous approval, according to Brookfield.
The companies hope to close on the deal by June 30, 2022.
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Brookfield is a Toronto-based asset manager with about $600 billion in assets under management.
American National is a Galveston, Texas-based company that was founded in 1905 by William L. Moody Jr. Shares of the company's stock trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol "ANAT," but members of the Moody family continue to control the company through a foundation and a trust.
American National is a significant issuer of life insurance and annuities as well as of property and casualty insurance products in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Wink Inc. ranked it as being the 13th biggest issuer of individual whole life and the 31st biggest issuer of individual deferred annuities in the United States in the first quarter.
American National released earnings for the second quarter Monday. It reported $228 million in net income for the quarter on $1.1 billion in revenue, compared with $211 million in net income on $1.1 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2020.
