March 12, 2024
Italian insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali SpA has the financial means for acquisitions that fit its template for value creation, according to Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet. “We are considering very strict discipline for M&A which allows value creation,” Donnet said …
March 7, 2024
Assicurazioni Generali SpA is analyzing a range of potential takeover candidates as part of the insurer’s growth plans, with some of them worth more than €10 billion ($10.9 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. The Italian insurer would …
July 11, 2023
Aviva, Legal & General and seven other pension firms intend to invest 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in unlisted companies by 2030 to help the City of London remain a competitive global finance center after Brexit, finance minister Jeremy Hunt …
October 27, 2022
Aegon NV is combining its operations in the Netherlands with insurer ASR Nederland NV, in a bid for market dominance in the pension, life and non-life insurance sectors. Aegon agreed to a conditional deal for a total consideration of €4.9 …
May 19, 2022
Hungary should boost domestic ownership in more key sectors in addition to banking, media and energy, a cabinet minister-designate said on Wednesday, signaling more pressure on foreign companies to scale back their presence in the country. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, …
March 24, 2022
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) acquired the business of the Dutch insurer Aegon in Hungary for €620 million ($682.6 million) after receiving approval from Hungarian regulatory authorities. The deal, which closed on March 23, 2022, includes the purchase of two Dutch …
February 22, 2022
Hungary was ordered by the European Union to cancel its decision to block the sale of Dutch insurer’s Aegon NV’s local unit to Vienna Insurance Group AG. The European Commission gave Hungary a March 18 deadline to withdraw the deal …
January 13, 2022
A coronavirus pandemic which lasts five years, another pandemic in a decade, and ever more transmissible variants are among the scenarios life insurers are predicting after COVID-19 claims jumped more than expected in 2021. The global life insurance industry was …
December 28, 2021
Vienna Insurance Group AG agreed to share ownership of its Hungarian operations with a state investment fund after months of negotiations, in order to salvage an 830 million-euro ($941 million) deal to buy regional assets from Aegon NV. The insurer …
August 13, 2021
The European Commission has granted competition law clearance for Vienna Insurance Group’s proposed acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in Central and Eastern Europe, according to the insurer. The acquisition by Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) was first announced …