Security Benefit builds $3bn One Beverly Hills lending exposure

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Security Benefit’s $3bn One Beverly Hills lending

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Security Benefit has built over $3 billion in lending exposure to One Beverly Hills, representing about 4.5 per cent of its $67 billion assets.
As of September, Security Benefit disclosed $1.6 billion in loans to Eldridge entities and $1.4 billion in project debt backed by One Beverly Hills holdings.
Heightened regulatory scrutiny follows a federal probe into insurers' misclassification of $20 billion in affiliated private investments, spotlighting Security Benefit's related-party asset risks.

Exposure tied to affiliated Beverly Hills project

As reported by the Financial Times, Security Benefit has accumulated more than $3 billion in lending connected to One Beverly Hills, where Todd Boehly is a lead developer through Eldridge Industries affiliate Cain.

Eldridge disclosed after questions from the newspaper that, as of September, Security Benefit held $1.6 billion in outstanding loans to Eldridge entities, backed by their holdings in One Beverly Hills, as well as $1.4 billion in project debt. Combined, that exposure equals roughly 4.5 per cent of Security Benefit’s $67 billion in admitted assets.

Kansas, the insurer’s home regulator, requires a life insurer to give regulators an opportunity to review certain investments when they exceed 3 per cent of assets. Security Benefit says it is fully aware of the limits under the Kansas Insurance Holding Company Act and remains in full compliance with those limits and all other applicable laws and regulations.

Private asset strategy draws wider scrutiny

Security Benefit is described as an early user of policyholder funds for higher-yielding private assets linked to its owner, an approach that echoes earlier Wall Street efforts to place leveraged financing with life insurers. The concentration around One Beverly Hills highlights how closely insurer capital can be tied to affiliated real estate and private market investments.

That model is facing greater scrutiny this year after a federal investigation into Mark Walter, a longtime Boehly business partner, found that insurers controlled by Walter had misclassified more than $20 billion in affiliated private investments by stating they were unaffiliated. In that context, Security Benefit’s lending exposure to One Beverly Hills is likely to add to attention on how insurers classify and manage related-party private assets.

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