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STRATEGIC PARTNER TO THE LIFE INSURANCE AND PENSIONS INDUSTRY
Our investors are committed to building a long term life insurance and pensions business in the Nordic region, with focus on capital and operational excellence within guaranteed policies.
OUR TEAM
Cetra Life’s management and advisory team has significant experience within the pensions, life insurance and investment banking industries, having previously held highly technical and senior positions at various industry leading institutions.
OUR APPROACH
Cetra Life aims to provide a holistic approach to capital and operational excellence within guaranteed pensions products and building the Nordic business model through collaborating engagements and acquisitions. Our solutions are tailored around our core belief in carefully managing and respecting the requirements of all key stakeholders and delivering value and service to our policyholders in a stable and sustainable way.
OUR FOOTPRINT
Since 2014 the team has been involved in transactions related to traditional guaranteed products across the Nordic region, with significant acquisitions already executed with Skandia, Gabler and Alm. Brand.
OUR TEAM
Cetra Life’s management and advisory team has significant experience within the pension, life insurance and investment banking industries, having previously held highly technical and senior positions at various industry leading institutions.
OUR APPROACH
Cetra Life aims to provide a holistic approach to capital and operational excellence within guaranteed pension products and building the Nordic business model through collaborating engagements and acquisitions. Our solutions are tailored around our core belief in carefully managing and respecting the requirements of all key stakeholders and delivering value and service to our policyholders in a stable and sustainable way.
OUR FOOTPRINT
Since 2014 the team has been involved in transactions related to traditional guaranteed products across the Nordic region, with significant acquisitions already executed with Skandia, Gabler and Alm. Brand.
WHO WE ARE
Background
The team behind Cetra Life originates from Nordic Insurance Consolidation Group (NICG), which was established in 2014 with the aim to consolidate traditional guaranteed pensions and life insurance products within the Nordic Region. The first life insurance transaction was completed in 2015 with acquisition of Skandia Liv A/S, a subsidiary of Skandia in Denmark of 100% traditional guaranteed interest rate products. The company was renamed to Norli Pension Livsforsikring A/S (Norli Pension). A further follow-up transaction with Skandia was completed in 2018, involving a portfolio transfer of Skandia’s remaining guaranteed products to Norli Pension.
In 2019, a 70% stake of Gabler AS was acquired, providing a full-service operational and financial solutions business for pension funds and life insurance companies in Norway.
On 1st October 2021, Cetra Life announced its acquisition of Alm. Brand Liv og Pension from the Alm. Brand Group. The transaction was executed through our Danish holding company, Nordic I&P Holding ApS.
Cetra Life is focused on executing its strategy, with the aim to become the leading strategic partner for the Nordic life insurance and pensions industry regarding traditional guaranteed products.
WHO WE ARE
Background
The team behind Cetra Life originates from Nordic Insurance Consolidation Group (NICG), which was established in 2014 with the aim to consolidate traditional guaranteed pension and life insurance products within the Nordic Region. The first life insurance transaction was completed in 2015 with acquisition of Skandia Liv A/S, a subsidiary of Skandia in Denmark of 100% traditional guaranteed interest rate products. The company was renamed to Norli Pension Livsforsikring A/S (Norli Pension). A further follow-up transaction with Skandia was completed in 2018, involving a portfolio transfer of Skandia’s remaining guaranteed products to Norli Pension.
In 2019, a 70% stake of Gabler AS was acquired, providing a full-service operational and financial solutions business for pension funds and life insurance companies in Norway.
On 1st October 2021, Cetra Life announced its acquisition of Alm. Brand Liv og Pension from the Alm. Brand Group. The transaction was executed through our Danish holding company, Nordic I&P Holding ApS.
Cetra Life is focused on executing its strategy, with the aim to become the leading strategic partner for Nordic life insurance and pension industry regarding traditional guaranteed products.
A Credible Partner
Cetra Life is a competitively independent life insurance and pensions specialist, and is backed by long term permanent capital. Our solutions are structured with an agile and flexible business model to find the optimal transaction for all parties. We have an appetite for capital intensive and regulatory complex transactions, making us a unique and credible partner to the industry.
A Credible Partner
Cetra Life is a competitively independent insurance specialist, and is backed by long term permanent capital. Our solutions are structured with an agile and flexible business model to find the optimal transaction for all parties. We have an appetite for capital intensive and regulatory complex transactions, making us a unique and
credible partner to the industry.
Thomas Vinge Hansen
Founding Partner
Thomas has worked with institutional clients, including private equity funds, related to execution of strategic projects within M&A as well as broader strategic themes, including managing through regulatory change.
He was previously 13 years in Goldman Sachs, where in his role as Managing Director for the European Financial Institutions Structuring team, provided strategic balance sheet advisory for European Insurance companies. He also covered Nordic pension funds and insurance companies on asset liability management.
Thomas was a founding partner of NICG in 2014, and founded Cetra Life in 2021. Thomas holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.
Jakob Sønderby
Partner
Jakob Sønderby has over 20 years of financial services industry experience across financial markets, private wealth and life insurance consolidation.
He was previously at J.P.Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital in London, where he covered major Nordic Financial Institutions, primarily within Life Insurance and Pension, on ALM solutions, Fixed Income and Structured Derivatives. Jakob has also held positions as a Senior Client Advisor at a UHNW Family Office and as Chief Risk Officer of Norli Pension under the supervision of the Danish FSA.
Jakob holds an MSc in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc (Hons) in Economics from Warwick University.
Thomas Soelberg
Partner
Thomas Soelberg has over 20 years of financial services industry experience across financial institutions, investment banking and life insurance consolidation.
He was previously partner at ABG Sundal Collier, and director at Handelsbanken Capital Markets, where he covered clients within the financial institutions group and providing advice on M&A and capital structure transactions including equity capital and debt capital issues.
Thomas holds an MSc in Finance and a BSc in Economics and Business Administration, both from Copenhagen Business School.
Jesper Sonne
Director & Actuary
Jesper has more than 10 years of experience from the insurance and pension industry across pricing, solvency, IT, and business optimisation.
He was previously at EY, where he supported clients in the Danish insurance sector providing advice on actuarial modeling, solvency, and assurance. Jesper also held positions in Edlund and Codan (part of RSA), where he mainly focused on business optimisation from an actuarial perspective.
Jesper holds an MSc in Actuarial Mathematics from the University of Copenhagen and is also a fully qualified actuary.
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