March 28, 2023
Billionaire Ajay Piramal and TPG Inc. are considering selling their stakes in Shriram General Insurance Holdings Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Piramal and TPG are jointly working with an adviser on divesting a combined 30% stake in …
February 13, 2023
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., backed by billionaire Uday Kotak, is considering selling a minority stake in its general insurance unit, according to people familiar with the matter. The lender is working with an adviser on the potential sale of a …
January 11, 2022
Life Insurance Corporation of India could file a prospectus in the final week of January for what would be the nation’s biggest initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The state-run insurer plans to file the …
December 15, 2021
KKR & Co. is nearing a deal to buy a 10% stake in Shriram Capital Ltd.’s general insurance unit for about 18 billion rupees ($237 million), according to people familiar with the matter, as the Indian financial group embarks on …
November 2, 2021
China’s transformation from a financial-technology backwater into a $46 trillion-a-year global leader in digital payments left most international investors watching in awe from the sidelines. Now India is undergoing its own fintech revolution, and the race is on to grab …
October 29, 2021
General Atlantic and local private equity firm Multiples Private Equity led a $225 million funding in Acko General Insurance, valuing the Indian online insurer at $1.1 billion. Existing investors including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Lightspeed, a global technology …
May 12, 2021
Acko General Insurance Ltd. is weighing a new funding round that could value the Indian online insurer at more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with matter. The Amazon.com Inc.-backed startup is looking to raise about $200 million in …
April 7, 2021
Indian online insurance platform Policybazaar is planning to file a draft prospectus as soon as next month for its Mumbai initial public offering that could raise about $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The SoftBank Group Corp.-backed …
April 13, 2020
India’s Future Group has picked UBS Group AG to lead the sale of its stake in an insurance joint venture with Italy’s Assicurazioni Generali SpA, according to people familiar with the matter. Future Group is working with the Swiss bank …
September 10, 2019
Reliance Capital Ltd. has called off a sale of its general insurance unit to Hero Fincorp, forcing embattled Indian tycoon Anil Ambani to look for options as he seeks to reduce debt, people familiar with the matter said. The talks …