August 7, 2024
Fidelidade, an insurer controlled by Shanghai-based Fosun International Ltd., is weighing the sale and leaseback of a building in Lisbon that it plans to use as its new headquarters. The company will give up its current base near Lisbon’s Chiado …
April 25, 2024
Fidelidade-Companhia de Seguros SA, a Portuguese insurer controlled by China’s Fosun International Ltd., said it’s planning to carry out an initial public offering in 2025. That share sale would take place after Fidelidade completes a planned IPO of hospital operator …
November 3, 2023
HDI Global SE has received regulatory approval to open a branch in Lisbon, Portugal. HDI Global has been operating in the Portuguese market for more than two decades under the European Union’s freedom of services. The new branch office in …
December 27, 2021
UK broker Ardonagh Group announced it has agreed to acquire Portuguese broker MDS Group. Headquartered in Porto, MDS has offices in Brazil, where it is the country’s largest independent broker, as well as Angola, Mozambique, Spain, and Malta. It is …
October 2, 2020
After the completion of the acquisition of Seguradoras Unidas S.A. in Portugal in January, Generali concluded the process of the legal merger of all its 100% owned insurance subsidiaries in Portugal on Oct. 1, 2020. Seguradoras Unidas S.A. now incorporates …
October 1, 2020
Sedgwick, a global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, has acquired Perigest, a loss adjusting and claims management company in Portugal. “The transaction represents an important step for Sedgwick as a market leader in Spain and Portugal …
April 22, 2020
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that its global agriculture platform, AgriSompo, has entered into a partnership with Portuguese managing general agent ATLAS Segurmina, to offer innovative crop insurance solutions …
April 3, 2020
BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the conclusion of a preferred partner agreement with the new wholesale and specialty broker Tagus Specialty in Portugal. An ambitious production plan has been developed that will see BMS teams in London …
July 1, 2019
Assicurazioni Generali SpA has emerged as the front-runner to acquire Apollo Global Management’s Tranquilidade, the second-largest non-life insurer in Portugal, people familiar with the matter said. The Italian insurer offered the highest bid for the Portuguese company and is poised …
September 22, 2017
XL Catlin’s insurance operation in Iberia announced new local underwriting capabilities with the appointment of Santiago Herrero as head of Political Risk, Credit & Bond (PRCB) – Iberia. Herrero will be based in Madrid and reports to Dan Riordan, XL …