Brookfield ReinsuranceNYSE: BNRE

Brookfield Reinsurance agreed to buy the rest of American Equity Life Holding Company that it doesn't already own for $4.3 billion.

Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. BNRE, -0.63% has agreed to acquire the shares of American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. AEL, -0.69%, or AEL, it does not already own in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $4.3 billion.

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE, TSX: BNRE) today announced that it has filed recast audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022 and corresponding management's discussion and analysis (the “Recast Financial Statements”). The Recast Financial Statements have been prepared in connection with Brookfield Reinsurance's previously announced conversion of its accounting framework from International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE: AEL) ended about 15% up after Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd (TSE: BNRE) said it was willing to buy the annuity provider for $4.3 billion. Analysts' view on the Brookfield-AEL deal The proposal translates to $55 a share, of which, the Canadian investment giant wants to pay $38.