Life insurance M&A will continue to be robust as strategics and private equity continue to clamor for deals, says Grant Thornton managing director Andrée Bourgon. Financial sponsors have leapt on closed books of business in the expectation of releasing capital in the future. Strategics are likewise interested in deals that increase operating efficiency through scale. Even a higher rate environment—typically friendlier to life insurers—is unlikely to spoil the party.

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