Brookfield reinsurance arm offers to buy American Equity in $4.3 bn deal

Deal comes months after AEL rejected nearly $4 bn takeover offer from Prosperity Life and its principal shareholder Elliott Investment Management, saying bid "significantly undervalued" company

Canadian investment firm Brookfield's insurance arm has offered to buy American Equity Investment Life Holding in a deal valued at nearly $4.3 billion, the annuities provider said on Tuesday.
 

The deal comes months after AEL rejected a nearly $4 billion takeover offer from insurance firm Prosperity Life and its principal shareholder Elliott Investment Management, saying the bid "significantly undervalued" the company.
 

Shares of AEL were up 12% at $50.9 in premarket trading.