Dubai-listed Sukoon, the third largest insurer in the UAE, has completed the acquisition of the UAE Life insurance portfolio of Chubb Tempest Life Reinsurance.
Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Co (Aman) has said that it "will be taking the necessary steps to protect its interests", after Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company (ADNTC) stated that it had terminated an agreement to acquire Aman's life insurance portfolio.
German global insurer Allianz Group has received approval from regulators in China to move its entire stake in a property insurance joint venture with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.Com to its local unit, a move intended to streamline its operations in China.
Huize Holding, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese insurance technology platform company, has announced that its international arm Poni InsurTech has completed its acquisition of 71.7% stake in Vietnam-based Global Care Consulting Joint Stock Company. The Vietnamese InsurTech company specialises in digital transformation solutions for the insurance industry.
Shin Kong Financial Holding (SKFH), Taiwan's fifth-largest financial conglomerate, has reported a net profit of NT$20.5bn ($640m) in the first half of the year.
UAE-listed Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company (ADNTC) has terminated an agreement to acquire the life insurance portfolio of Dubai Islamic Insurance & Reinsurance Company (AMAN).
Estimates are that, in 2023, a third of the total number of insurance companies in Indonesia (excluding Shariah business units or windows [UUS]) that have a capital of less than IDR250bn ($16m), meaning that they are unlikely to meet new minimum capital requirements by the deadline of 2026, and so will likely be involved in M&As, according to Algo Research which offers research on the Indonesian financial sector.
Woori Financial Group (Woori FG) has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Tongyang Life Insurance and ABL Life Insurance for a total sum of KRW1.55tn ($1.15bn). Woori FG will acquire a 75.34% stake in Tongyang Life for KRW1.28tn and a 100% stake in ABL Life for KRW265.4bn.
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved the proposed acquisition of 51% shareholding in Monarch Insurance by a consortium of three firms, Ondoba, Kenyoro and Equico Thirteen.
CTBC Financial Holding has announced a revised plan to take over Shin Kong Financial Holding as it seeks to outdo a merger proposal between the latter and Taishin Financial Holding.