Regulators Put Chill on U.S. Private-Equity Insurance Deals

Regulators are reviewing the sale of annuity businesses to private equity firms, worried that such sales put annuity customers at risk, Reuters reports. The scrutiny has delayed the sale of Sun Life's annuity business to Guggenheim Partners and could delay Aviva's sale of its annuity business to Athene, Reuters says.

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