- CEO
- Grant Kvalheim
- Full Time Employees
- 1,970
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Life
- Address
- 7700 Mills Civic Parkway West Des Moines IA United States of America 50266
- IPO Date
- Dec 6, 2022
- Business
- Athene Holding Ltd. Athene Holding Ltd. is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures, and acquires retirement savings products designed for individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs; its core offerings include retail fixed annuities, fixed indexed annuities, registered index-linked annuities, fixed annuity reinsurance for third-party providers, institutional products such as funding agreements and pension group annuities, life insurance policies assumed through reinsurance, payout annuities, group annuities, income riders, and private placement variable annuities; the company also provides investment portfolio services encompassing direct investment management, asset allocation, mergers and acquisitions asset diligence, and operational support including investment compliance, tax, legal, and risk management. Athene Holding Ltd. operates in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, and Japan, targeting retirees, corporations, financial professionals, banks, independent marketing organizations, broker-dealers, and institutional investors; founded in 2009, it maintains its headquarters in Pembroke, Bermuda, with key U.S. operations in West Des Moines, Iowa. As a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, Inc., Athene Holding Ltd. leverages Apollo's alternative asset management capabilities for proprietary investment-grade origination and retirement services asset management. Recent developments include a September 2025 block reinsurance transaction with Sony Life Insurance Co. Ltd. for an in-force block of U.S. dollar-denominated whole life insurance policies; the appointment of Grant Kvalheim as CEO effective July 2025, with co-founder Jim Belardi transitioning to Executive Chairman while remaining Chief Investment Officer; an investment in ARS alongside Apollo and Motive Ventures in March 2025 to expand guaranteed lifetime income solutions and technology; generation of $29 billion in new funding agreement inflows during 2024; and maintenance of over $400 billion in total assets as of June 30, 2025, supported by strong credit ratings from AM Best, S&P, Fitch, and Moody's. [Reinsurance News via ]