Vietnam government and state-owned enterprises plan to divest some of their shareholdings in the country's two biggest insurers, namely, Baoviet Holdings (BVH) and PVI Holdings.
The NCBA Group, the fourth-biggest bank by market capitalisation, has acquired fully the insurer AIG Kenya from American International Group following receipt of all regulatory and corporate approvals.
BMS Group has appointed Mr Ryo Iizuka as director of private equity, M&A and tax in Japan.
Doha-headquartered AlKhaleej Takaful Insurance Company has agreed to sell its 25% equity in Bahrain National Life Company (BNL).
Allianz Global Investors is investing in a 2% stake in Guomin Pension & Insurance Company, making the German asset management company the 18th shareholder of the pension insurance start-up.
Material changes to the shareholding structure of Income Insurance could ultimately weaken the likelihood of support from the Singapore government through NTUC Enterprise Co-operative, the majority shareholder of Income Insurance, said S&P Global Ratings (S&P).
Sanlam Limited (Sanlam) and MultiChoice Group have entered into an agreement for Sanlam to acquire 60% of MultiChoice's insurance business, NMS Insurance Services (NMSIS), as well as a long-term commercial arrangement to expand insurance and related financial service offerings into MultiChoice's extensive African subscriber base.
Zurich Insurance Company (Zurich), a leading global multi-line insurer, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company (Kotak General Insurance) from Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak), following the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals.
Income Insurance has announced that it is currently in discussion with German global insurer Allianz on a transaction relating to the shares of the Singapore company.
CTBC Financial Holding (CTBC) has dismissed media reports that it was eyeing an acquisition of Shin Kong Financial Holding whose biggest subsidiary is Shin Kong Life Insurance.