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Brazil Insurer Caixa Seguridade, Reinsurer IRB Plan IPOs to Raise $3.6 Billion

Brazilian insurer Caixa Seguridade Participações SA and reinsurer IRB Brasil RE SA on Tuesday filed plans for initial public offerings that their shareholders expect to raise a combined 13 billion reais ($3.6 billion) should an across-the-board market rout ease in …

Brazil Weighs Sale of Some of Its Stake in IRB in $1.3B Reinsurer IPO: Sources

Brazil’s government is considering the sale of some of its stake in IRB-Brasil Resseguros SA, the largest reinsurer in Latin America, in a 4 billion-real ($1.3 billion) initial public offering, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. In …

Hastings Weighs IPO as U.K. Car Insurer Gains Market Share

Hastings Insurance Group increased its customer base by 20 percent in 2014, boosting profitability and setting the U.K. car insurer on track for a potential initial public offering this year. Hastings, which generates 90 percent of its business from price-comparison …

IRB Brasil RE Seeks to More Aggressive Growth in Latam, Africa; Weighs IPO

IRB Brasil RE plans to grow more aggressively in Latin America and Africa as part of an expansion that may require Brazil’s largest reinsurer to seek an initial public offering or tap an outside partner before 2018, Chief Executive Officer …

Insurer Plans IPO Despite Not Making Profit Yet

NMI Holdings Inc., the mortgage guarantor backed by Kyle Bass, Carlyle Group LP and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, is seeking to be the first U.S. insurer since 2009 to file an initial public offering without posting a profit, as demand …

Brazil Insurer Continues Outperforming After World’s Largest IPO

BB Seguridade SA, the Brazilian insurer that held the world’s largest initial public offering this year, is outperforming every other IPO from an emerging- market financial company this year. The rally isn’t over yet, according to a survey of analysts. …

AIG, Others to Take up Half of China PICC’s $3.6 Billion Hong Kong IPO

Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group has secured pledges from American International Group (AIG) and other investors to buy about half of its up to $3.6 billion IPO, set to be the biggest in Hong Kong in two years. The long-awaited …

UPDATE: China’s PICC in Talks with AIG as Buyer for $4 Billion HK IPO

China’s PICC Group is in talks with American International Group and others to become cornerstone investors for its planned listing worth up to $4 billion, in what will be Hong Kong’s biggest IPO in two years. State-owned insurer PICC started …

China’s PICC Group to Raise up to $4 Billion in Hong Kong IPO

Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group started meeting institutional investors in Hong Kong on Thursday to gauge demand for a listing worth up to $4 billion, braving a slump in equity deals with the city’s largest IPO in two years. People’s …

Best Revises HDI V.a.G., Talanx ICR Outlook to Positive; Affirms Ratings

A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook of the issuer credit rating (ICR) to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the ICR of “a” of HDI Haftpflichtverband der …