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- April 9 2018
India’s public-sector merger put off to next year
The consolidation of United India Insurance, National Insurance and Oriental Insurance has been delayed.
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- April 6 2018
US broker Alliant targets Asia expansion
The move is a consequence of its acquisition of Dumortier Risk Management, which has ties to Taiwan and China.
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- April 6 2018
Swiss Re confirms talks with SoftBank over possible stake sale
It is eyeing a strategic cooperation and a minority investment that is not expected to exceed 10%.
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- April 1 2018
CBA eyes sale of Indonesian life insurance business
Commonwealth Life could be valued at up to US$250 million as the Aussie bank bids to free up capital.
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- March 29 2018
Asia insurance M&A bouncing back
The total value of Asian insurance M&A rose from US$9.2bn in 2016 to US$13bn last year.
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- March 29 2018
Three state-owned Indian insurers undergo merger review
National Insurance, United India Insurance and Oriental India Insurance will merger within the next six months.
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- March 28 2018
Goldman Sachs eyes Indian insurance acquisition
The Wall Street bank's private equity unit is reportedly in talks to buy a minority stake in Royal Sundaram.
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- March 26 2018
Fosun advances plan to buy Greek insurer
The Chinese group has formally expressed interest in buying Greece’s leading insurance firm, Ethniki.
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- March 9 2018
Prudential’s Malaysian unit eyes stake sale
The sale of a 30% stake to Kumpulan Wang Persaraan could generate proceeds of about US$435m.
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- March 9 2018
Asian insurance M&A collapsed in 2017
The number of deals fell 42% thanks to foreign currency restrictions and regulatory uncertainty in China.
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- March 6 2018
Axa to acquire XL Group for US$15bn
The French insurer is seizing an opportunity to shift from its predominantly life and savings business.
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- March 5 2018
Nippon Life eyes majority stake in MassMutual for US$980m
The 85% stake will add a bigger branch network to the Japanese insurer's traditional female agency force.
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- March 2 2018
India’s Videocon to divest insurance unit
The company is selling its stake in Liberty Videocon General Insurance to Diamond Dealtrade and Enam Securities.
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- March 1 2018
Allianz gets regulatory nod for sale of Taiwan portfolio
The insurer hopes to sell more than 78,000 life policies to Taipei-based China Life Insurance.
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- February 26 2018
Phoenix buys Standard Life insurance unit
The US$4.5bn transaction follows its recent purchases of Abbey Life and Axa Wealth.
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- February 21 2018
HDFC seeks to acquire Apollo Munich
India’s biggest mortgage firm has entered into the talks as part of a new push for growth through acquisitions.
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- February 19 2018
Sun Life to embark on acquisitions
The planned spending spree has been helped by better-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter.
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- February 19 2018
Khazanah unit to sell its Turkish insurance business
The Malaysian sovereign wealth fund is seeking to dispose of Istanbul-based Acibadem Sigorta.
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- February 19 2018
China’s Rongfeng asked to justify plan to buy stake in Greek insurer
Doubts emerge it may not have the capacity to engage in the deal with Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance
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- February 15 2018
Peak Re says goodbye to IFC
Prudential Financial has acquired IFC's shareholding as the business outgrows its original emerging-market remit.
