Corporate Solutions

A collaborative approach to asset-intensive reinsurance.

Aspida provides life and annuity insurance clients with bespoke reinsurance solutions and proprietary access to Ares' differentiated asset management capabilities, passing on the benefits of our platform to our reinsurance clients

Our Team

Our Corporate Solutions team brings many decades of experience structuring and executing Mergers & Acquisitions and reinsurance transactions.

Alex

Managing Director

A collaborative approach to asset-intensive reinsurance.

Paul

Managing Director

Bingjie

Principal

Reid

Vice President

Alex Cowley

Managing Director

Mr. Cowley is a Managing Director in Ares Insurance Solutions. Prior to joining Ares in 2017, Mr. Cowley was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank in debt capital markets, where he focused on innovative capital structures and related capital raising activities. Previously, Mr. Cowley was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers within its Insurance Solutions Group, providing innovative solutions to the insurance industry. In addition, he was a Senior Vice President at GenRe.

Education

Mr. Cowley holds a B.Sc. from City, University of London in Actuarial Science. Mr. Cowley is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

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Paul Brown

Managing Director

Mr. Brown is a Managing Director in the Ares Insurance Solutions. Prior to joining Ares in 2021 Mr. Brown was the Executive Vice President, Capital and Strategy and Chief Investment Officer at Aspida Financial. Previously, Mr. Brown was a Managing Director at JP Morgan in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising for financial services companies. In addition, he held leadership positions in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Brown began his career as an attorney at Cravath Swaine & Moore, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate law.

Education

Mr. Brown holds a B.A. from Yale University in Economics and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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Bingjie Li

Principal

Ms. Li is a Principal in Ares Insurance Solutions. Prior to joining Ares in 2020, Ms. Li was a Director in corporate development at Athene, where she focused on pricing mergers, acquisitions and reinsurance deals. Previously, she was an Actuary at AIG, Ernst & Young and Towers Watson. Ms. Li holds a B.A., cum laude, from New York University in Mathematics and Economics. She is a CFA® charterholder and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

Education

Bingjie is also a MBA candidate at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Reid Shalvoy

Vice President

Mr. Shalvoy is a Vice President in Ares Insurance Solutions. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, Mr. Shalvoy was a Vice President on the Investment Team at Aspida Financial, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and reinsurance. Previously, Mr. Shalvoy was an Investment Banking Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse Group AG.

Education

Mr. Shalvoy holds a B.A. from North Carolina State University in Psychology and an M.B.A. from Elon University.

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Reinsurance Solutions

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Block Reinsurance

  • Divest non-core lines of business
  • Release and redeploy capital
  • Maximize returns to shareholders
  • Realize embedded value of backbook
  • Manage legacy risks
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Flow Reinsurance

  • Maximize profitability of new business
  • Capture additional market share
  • Diversify product portfolio
  • Focus on fee generation
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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Reorient strategic goals
  • Exit non-core operations
  • Realize value for shareholders
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Custom Solutions

  • Third party capital vehicles
  • Cross-border structuring
  • Both broad and targeted strategic reviews

Contact

For more information on our corporate solutions, please contact us.

Alex Cowley

Managing Director, Ares Insurance Solutions

acowley@aresmgmt