February 8, 2012
France’s AXA Group and ACE Limited are the final two suitors in the hunt to buy HSBC’s $1 billion general insurance business, people familiar with the matter said. HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, started the sale of the unit in September …
December 12, 2011
Indian financial services firm Reliance Capital is in talks with potential partners to sell up to 26 percent in its general insurance business though a deal may be at least six months away, its chief executive told reporters late on …
December 8, 2011
AXA SA and Assicurazioni Generali SpA are among bidders shortlisted for HSBC Holdings Plc’s planned sale of its general insurance business, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, launched the sale in September in a deal …
December 5, 2011
State-run Bank of India said late on Saturday it would buy 51 percent of Indian asset manager Bharti AXA Investment Managers Pvt Ltd from the firm’s two joint venture partners. Bharti AXA Investment Managers is a tie-up between Bharti Enterprises, …
October 14, 2011
European insurers AXA SA, Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Japan’s Tokio Marine and MS&AD Insurance Group are among suitors to submit first round bids for HSBC’s non-life insurance business, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a deal worth about …
September 29, 2011
European insurers Allianz and AXA SA are among the potential bidders for HSBC Holdings Plc’s sale of its general insurance business, which could fetch more than $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. HSBC , Europe’s biggest bank, …
September 26, 2011
France’s AXA Group announced that it has successfully completed the sale of its Canadian operations in Property & Casualty and Life & Savings insurance to Intact Financial Corporation for a total cash consideration of C$2.6 billion (€1.9 billion; US$2.524 billion). …
September 20, 2011
Whittington Group, the Singapore-based international insurance investor, announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its London businesses to a consortium, comprising Tawa Plc, Skuld, and Paraline Group, Ltd., who will acquire Whittington Insurance Markets Limited (WIM) and its …
June 23, 2011
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the ratings on the U.K.-based Aviva Group (core operating entities rated AA-/Stable) are unchanged by its agreed sale of breakdown recovery firm RAC to The Carlyle Group for £1 billion [$1.597 billion] S&P …
June 9, 2011
Taiwan’s financial regulator gave conditional approval on Thursday to AIG’s $2.2 billion sale of its Nan Shan Life insurance unit, bringing closer to an end an almost two year long sale saga. The U.S. insurer, looking to pay back the …