American International Group is selling part of its stake in AIA Group to raise about $6 billion to help the U.S. insurer repay a huge federal government bail-out. AIG is looking to place some 1.7 billion AIA shares in a …
Willis Europe BV, a subsidiary of global insurance broker, Willis Group Holdings plc, and Peruvian financial services group Credicorp Ltd, announced that, on February 24, 2012, Grupo Credito, a subsidiary of Credicorp, acquired 49.9 percent of the shares in Willis …
The battle for control of Italian insurer Fondiaria-SAI heated up on Wednesday when two private equity funds tabled a rival offer to one brokered by top investment bank Mediobanca to rescue the troubled insurer by merging it with peer Unipol. …
American International Group Chairman Steve Miller said on Thursday the bailed-out insurance company may eventually want to buy a life insurer outside the United States, including possibly a larger stake in the spun-off Asian unit AIA Group Ltd. as confidence …
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire approximately 25 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of Thai reinsurer, Thai Reinsurance Public Company Limited, for approximately US$70 million. “As part of the purchase, Fairfax will have …
German insurer Allianz is ready to adjust its €750 million [$952 million] non-voting capital stake in Commerzbank to help the German lender strengthen its balance sheet, two sources familiar with the talks between the two parties said. Allianz inherited the …
Japan’s Olympus admitted on Tuesday it had hidden losses on securities investments dating back to the 1980s, succumbing to weeks of pressure to explain a series of baffling transactions that have put the future of the firm in doubt. The …
Xchanging, the London-based business process and technology services provider and integrator, announced that it has “gained full control of Xchanging Broking Services Limited, the Enterprise Partnership it formed with Aon Limited.” The consolidation follows Aon’s decision to exercise “the put …
Transatlantic Holdings said Monday it has entered into deal talks with an undisclosed bidder, adding a fresh twist in a months-long takeover saga and sending the reinsurer’s shares up sharply. For nearly four months, Transatlantic has been the subject of …
Reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc said it received a renewed buyout offer of $52 a share in cash from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc but said the bid was too low. Transatlantic and Allied World Assurance Co Holdings Ltd called off …
