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AXA Real Estate : completes €2.13 billion of transactions in H1 2011
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers announces that it has completed €2.13 billion of transactions in Europe on behalf of clients in the first half...
Aegon sells Transamerica to Scor for $1.4 billion
Dutch insurance giant Aegon said Wednesday it had completed its sale of Transamerica Reinsurance to French reinsurer Scor for more than one billion dollars,...
Allstate : enters definitive agreement to acquire Esurance and Answer Financial
The Allstate Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with White Mountains Insurance Group in which Allstate will purchase Esurance and...
Allianz bought $855 million of China Pacific Insurance shares from Carlyle Group
Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, said it bought $855 million of China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. H shares from Carlyle Group.
Allianz now owns 240...
Swiss Re completes first longevity trend bond
Swiss Re today announced the transfer of USD 50 million of longevity trend risk to the capital markets through the Kortis Capital Ltd. ("Kortis")...
Hannover Re sells Clarendon
Hannover Re reached agreement on the sale of all operational companies of its US subsidiary Clarendon Insurance Group, Inc., New York, to the Bermuda-based...
Acquisition : Ace to Buy New York Life Units for About $425 Million
Ace Ltd., the Swiss insurer operating in more than 50 countries, agreed to buy New York Life Insurance Co.’s Hong Kong and South Korean...
Joint venture : Mercuries buys U.S. MassMutual stakes
U.S. based insurer MassMutual will sell its stake in a joint venture with partner Mercuries Corp for T$3 billion ($97 million), in the latest...
Acquisition : Foresters to acquire New York-based First Investors Consolidated Corporation
Foresters and First Investors Consolidated Corporation (FICC) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Foresters will acquire a 100%...
Aon : Pricing of $1.5 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes
Aon Corporation today announced that it has agreed to sell $1.5 billion of senior unsecured notes in an underwritten public offering. Of these notes,...
Brokers: MMA launches variable commission for Master Tradesman
Broker-only insurer MMA has launched variable commission rates for brokers transacting new business for MMA’s Master Tradesman product.
From July brokers can select the amount...
Bailed out insurer American Insurance Group and China Strategic Holdings have agreed to extend the deadline for completing AIG’s planned $2.2 billion sale of its Taiwan unit
While the extension could help AIG and its buyers address concerns from Taiwanese regulators, the longer the transaction is stretched out the less likely...
All of the UK’s major credit card providers treat any form of gambling activity on a credit card as a cash withdrawal
moneysupermarket.com, Britain's number one comparison site, has conducted analysis into the wide range of transactions treated as a cash withdrawal by credit card providers.
The...
Hub International acquires Mones & Associates Insurance brokers from AVIVA Canada
Hub International Limited announced today that it has acquired Mones & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc., one of the largest personal and commercial insurance brokers...
AXA to launch a rights offer to raise €2 billion to finance acquisition opportunities
French insurer AXA SA launched a rights offer to raise 2 billion euros (1.79 billion pounds) to part fund growth plans, the company said...
AXA announced today a joint offer with AMP whereby AXA would acquire 100% of AXA APH’s Asian businesses
AXA announced that a joint offer was submitted by AMP and AXA to the AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (“AXA APH”) board on November 6,...
Delta Lloyd’s initial public offering fully covered
Investors have already placed enough orders to back Delta Lloyd's 1.2 billion euro (1.1 billion pound) initial public offering (IPO) with about a week...
Barclays buys insurer Standard Life for £226 million
Barclays bought the bank arm of insurer Standard Life for 226 million pounds on Monday to build up its mortgage and savings business.
The country's...
Aon acquires leading provider of executive liability risk management services
Aon Corporation, the global provider of risk management services, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Carpenter Moore Insurance Services, Inc., a leading...
AXA will sell $1 billion stake in China’s Taikang Life Insurance
French insurer AXA is in the early stages of selling its 15 percent stake in China's Taikang Life Insurance Company, in a deal that...
