Goldman Sachs, Talcott Launch $1 Billion Bermuda Reinsurance Sidecar

Talcott Financial Group and Goldman Sachs have launched a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurance sidecar West Grove Re, the life insurance provider said on Tuesday, which has so far raised $1 billion. The capital raise includes a credit facility and equity commitments from Talcott, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management and its clients. Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management will oversee West Grove Re’s private asset strategies, while other third-party firms are expected to manage the remainder of the portfolio. Under a quota share agreement, the sidecar will assume a portion of specific U.S. annuities originated by Talcott. Talcott will provide the sidecar with support services across actuarial, finance, compliance and risk functions. “Establishing West Grove Re is another important step in Talcott’s growth strategy, broadening our access to liabilities with varied costs of capital, while staying true to the strength of our platform as we continue to scale,” said Imran Siddiqui, CEO of Talcott. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Kennedys Law LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisers to Talcott. (Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru; editing by Joyjeet Das) Topics Reinsurance Was this article valuable? Thank you! Please tell us what we can do to improve this article. Thank you! % of people found this article valuable. Please tell us what you liked about it. Here are more articles you may enjoy. Interested in Reinsurance? Get automatic alerts for this topic.