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| The US asset-intensive business results were strong, reflecting improved investment spreads primarily due to higher yields on floating rate securities |
| This quarter's results included very good performance in many of our regions and business lines, continuing to show the strength of the large underlying earnings engine in our business as well as the ongoing success of our growth strategy that is adding meaningful long-term value to that engine |
| We are firing on all cylinders, and we are confident in our ability to continue to deliver attractive returns to our shareholders |
| Underwriting results were favorable overall and in particular, we saw very favorable mortality experience in our US individual business as well as favorable experience in our US group and individual health businesses |
| In Asia, the traditional business also delivered favorable underwriting results |
| Our Global Financial Solutions business had another strong quarter with contributions from both investment spreads and favorable longevity experience |
| This story is a familiar one as the GFS business has consistently produced excellent results over a number of quarters and years |
| Investment performance in the quarter was good as new money rates continue to rise and are at levels well above our portfolio yield |
| We believe our investment portfolio is well positioned to withstand ongoing economic uncertainties |
| We remain very well positioned to capitalize on the many growth opportunities |
| And our new business pipelines are very healthy and we are expecting a strong finish to the year |
| Putting it all together, business momentum is strong for both our organic flow and in-force block businesses |
| Higher interest rates are very good tailwinds for our business, and they are also a contributing driver of new in-force opportunities |
| Our earnings power and capital levels position us extremely well allowing us to pursue attractive growth opportunities with balancing returning excess capital to shareholders over time |
| This was a very strong quarter, further demonstrating the substantial earning power in our business |
| We are well positioned with the capabilities and proven track record to continue to benefit from all those dynamics |
| We believe many, many things are coming together for us and we are optimistic about our future and our ability to continue to deliver attractive returns for our shareholders |
| Part of it is the fact that we feel being a US company with obviously strong Asian presence and strong teams allows us to leverage off a sweet spot we have, which is being able to create new products with liabilities such as critical owners and mortality, but also connect that with the ability to reinsure on the asset side of the balance sheet |
| Really, there's a number of drivers in Asia that we're very happy with |
| We are a global leader with a proven, resilient and highly valuable franchise |
| I leave knowing that RGA will be in excellent hands with Tony and the leadership team and with the future that is very bright for RGA |
| And teams are energized and excited, strong balance sheet, incredible brand, all the positives there |
| And once again, we're just very pleased with the returns we're seeing on the new business |
| To add further to that, we're very pleased with the returns on the new business |
| As you mentioned, I mean, the new business is coming in strong, the breadth, the quality and the volume |
| I would say the beat the numbers I was quoting for the change quarter-over-quarter are really, I would say, half and half, sort of the short end of the curve still and then we have done a nice job over this period of higher interest rates and doing some extension trades and locking the entire yields for longer |
| I am enthusiastic to share these excellent results |
| So the prospects are very strong on both the GFS as well as the traditional business |
| RGA has a very strong franchise and an incredibly talented team to capitalize on this environment |
| And we have obviously very strong momentum, and we have no reason to believe that won't continue across the globe |
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| In the Europe, Middle East and Africa segment, the traditional business results reflected unfavorable mortality experience, most of which was recognized in the current quarter |
| The Corporate and Other segment reported pre-tax adjusted operating loss of $25 million less than the expected quarterly range, primarily due to higher investment income |
| So that shift in mix was actually a bit of a negative on the quarter |
| And as Todd mentioned, given our practices, that's only favorable for us |
| We have been explicit in the past that the low interest rate environment in place for a number of years was a headwind for us |
| Canada traditional results reflected unfavorable group experience while individual mortality experience was favorable, but a large part of this experience will be spread into the future for LDTI |
| We have been cautious there the last several years as far as new business |
| Jamminder Bhullar So nothing to suggest that if rates go up more, your yield shouldn't incrementally improve from even the high levels that it was at in 3Q |
| Please refer to the earnings release we issued yesterday for a list of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results |
| So for the quarter for Australia, I think excluding notable items, there was a modest profit |
| But now, we have started seeing some signs in the Bermuda regulator changes or speaks of changes, then the competitive environment does change |
| It's still not back to the level that we would like to see it at |
| Like you mentioned, I mean, critical illness is one of the major risks there, more so than mortality, but it's something that we've been doing in Asia and the rest of the globe for probably about 25 years now |
| This experience occurred in both our capped and uncapped cohorts |
| So I would say -- we've sort of covered a lot of the low-hanging fruit, for lack of a better word |
| But we still believe that excess mortality will continue in the intermediate term |
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