Insurance companies are running out of ideas. They’ve bolstered their balance sheets since the financial crisis but have few racy growth prospects in a world of low interest rates, pricing pressure and regulatory hassles. Big mergers may be the most …
Standard Life Plc, Scotland’s largest insurer, agreed to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management Plc for about 3.8 billion pounds ($4.7 billion), creating one of Europe’s biggest fund managers. Under the terms, which remain the same since talks were first revealed on …
India will get its first life-insurance listing since it opened up to private-sector investors 16 years ago, paving the way for more companies seeking to go public in an industry that’s since grown to more than $50 billion. Housing Development …
The U.K.’s largest insurance companies will invest £25 billion ($41 billion) in infrastructure, as the government prepares to update its plan for projects from energy and transport to communications. The government will today publish a refreshed version of its National …
