Integrated Strategies Group
Representative holdings include:
Ascot Group
Location: United Kingdom
CPP Investments ownership: 100% (incl. management)
Date of investment: 2016
Ascot Group is CPP Investments’ property & casualty insurance platform, through which CPP Investments owns Ascot Underwriting (acquired in 2016), Ascot Re, and Ethos Specialty. Ascot Underwriting is a best-in-class property and casualty insurance underwriter with global specialty origination and underwriting capabilities operating in the Lloyd’s of London market. Ascot Group also owns and operates Ascot Re, an A-rated Bermuda reinsurer, and Ethos Specialty, a U.S.-based managing general agent. Ascot is a long-term platform investment for CPP Investments.
Asurion
Location: United States
Date of investment: 2007
Asurion is the global leader in technology support and protection, partnering with leading wireless carriers, retailers and pay-TV providers to drive customer adoption, engagement and loyalty. With more devices protected and supported than any other provider, Asurion’s 16,000 global employees support its 300+ million consumers around the world with an award-winning experience delivered through products and services that have set the standard in the industry.
BGL
Location: United Kingdom
CPP Investments ownership: 30%
Date of investment: 2018
BGL is the U.K.’s leading disruptive digital distribution platform for personal lines insurance and household financial services. The company operates Comparethemarket.com, the U.K.’s leading price-comparison website, as well as an Insurance Distribution & Outsourcing unit, which creates, distributes, and manages insurance policies under some of the U.K.’s most well-known brands.
Viterra
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
CPP Investments ownership: 40%
Date of investment: March 2016
Viterra is a leading fully integrated global agriculture network which connects producers to consumers with sustainable, traceable, and quality-controlled agricultural products. With more than 17,500 employees operating in 37 countries, the company’s strategic network of storage, processing and transport assets enables innovative solutions to deliver value-added products for their customers, creating successful partnerships that last.
Wilton Re
Location: United States
CPP Investments ownership: 100% (incl. management)
Date of investment: 2014
Wilton Re is a provider of life insurance and reinsurance solutions and a leading acquirer of closed blocks of life insurance policies in the U.S. This is a long-term platform investment for CPP Investments.
Our Team
The ISG team is comprised of experienced professionals based in Toronto.
