Best Friends Insurance Seminar 2026: Consolidation of Closed Life Insurance Books and Pension Buyouts in Europe

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Hengeler Mueller, as part of the Best Friends Insurance Group, hosted this year’s Best Friends Insurance Seminar to discuss the consolidation of closed life insurance books and pension buyouts in Europe. The seminar provided a splendid opportunity to meet both familiar and new faces in the insurance M&A market at Hengeler Mueller’s Frankfurt office, but also to jointly discuss consolidation trends, the use of private capital as well as the ever-increasing globalisation of the industry with a panel of high-calibre speakers. Further topics included:

1. Closed-book insurance transfers in Europe: Market trends, transactions and regulatory expectations

2. Pension buyouts: Landscape for pension de-risking and investment opportunities across Europe

3. Asset intensive (re-)insurance: Innovative forms of deploying private capital in the life insurance and pension sector

We are already looking forward to next year's event, and many thanks for the compelling insights and engaging discussions.