Abstract
Overview
Introduction
This tracker covers merger/acquisition activity globally in the life and pensions space. It also highlights the strategic partnerships, and expansion (or contraction) of existing businesses. There is also a special focus on the important emerging markets: China, India, CEE and the Middle East.
Scope
- The tracker covers the M&A and partnership activities of the largest global and regional life and pensions companies
- It provides an update of each player' s activities in this area and a roundup chapter which offers readers a summary of key trends in that quarter
- The tracker is global in coverage, therefore encompassing market entry strategies as well as domestic M&A activity
Report Highlights
The key areas of M&A activity have been the takeover of Sesame Group and Pantheon Financial by Friends Provident. This is a relatively new movement in the market, taking advantage of the changes that came into force under 2005' s depolarisationlegislation which allows life companies to own IFAs.
Partnerships are developing to give providers an inroad into new markets, either through partnering with distribution networks or local providers
Reasons to Purchase
- Understand the competitor activity in your market and potential threats and opportunities
- Gain insight into your competitor' s strategic movements
- Keep up to date with the latest developments and activity in your market
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- The Roundup
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Partnerships
- Organic growth
- The Developments
- AIG
- AIG to acquire publicly-held shares of 21st Century Insurance Group (M&A) - June 2007
- Allianz
- Allianz expands into Russian life and non-life markets with acquisition of Progress-Garant (M&A) - May 2007
- Allianz increases its stakes in AGF and Allianz Leben (M&A) - April 2007
- Aviva plc
- Aviva company Hibernian expands presence in Ireland (Organic growth) - June 2007
- Joint venture with CIMB Group allows Aviva to enter the Malaysian market (Partnership) - June 2007
- Aviva and MDM Bank form bancassurance partnership for Russia (Partnership) - June 2007
- Sabanci Holding and Aviva merge their life and pensions business in Turkey and form a bancassurance joint venture with Akbank (M&A / Partnership) - June 2007
- Aviva gains approval for private pension schemes in Romania (Organic growth) - June 2007
- Cajamurcia and Aviva launch bancassurance partnership in Spain (Partnership) - June 2007
- First Financial and Aviva enter bancassurance joint venture in Taiwan (Partnership) - April 2007
- Aviva Russia set to expand with new products and direct sales (Organic growth) - April 2007
- AXA
- AXA announces sale of its business in the Netherlands to SNS Reaal (Divestment) - April 2007
- Barclays plc
- Barclays enters the Indian retail banking market (Organic growth) - May 2007
- Credit Agricole
- Japan is new life market for Crédit Agricole (Organic growth) - June 2007
- Fortis
- Fortis, Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland announce offer for ABN AMRO (M&A) - April 07
- Friends Provident
- Friends Provident acquires Sesame Group Limited and Pantheon Financial Limited (M&A) - May 2007
- Friends Provident International gains insurance licence in the United Arab Emirates (Organic growth) - June 2007
- Friends Provident International marks opening of Singapore office with the launch of Global Portfolio - June 2007
- GE Capital
- Swiss Re enters into an agreement to allow the sale of the former GE Life to LV= (Divestment) - May 2007
- Hibernian Life
- Hibernian Life teams up with Best Doctors (Partnership) - May 2007
- HSBC Holdings
- HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings sells its stake in Hang Seng Life Limited to Hang Seng Insurance Company (Divestment / restructuring) - June 2007
- ING
- ING Acquires AZL (M&A) - April 2007
- ING receives approval to launch life insurance activities in Russia (Organic growth) - June 2007
- Liverpool Victoria
- LV= announces agreement to acquire the new business operations of ' Tomorrow' , the former GE Life (M&A) - May 2007
- Manulife
- Manulife-Sinochem expands business operations in North China (Organic growth) - April 2007
- Manulife-Sinochem opens new sales office in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province (Organic growth) - May 2007
- Manulife Financial to acquire Berkshire-TWC Financial Group (M&A) - June 2007
- Old Mutual
- SkandiaBanken sells Denmark Branch (M&A) - May 07
- Prudential PLC
- Prudential plc to become largest shareholder in new Takaful Ta' awuni life insurance operation in Saudi Arabia (M&A) - June 07
- RBS
- Fortis, Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland announce offer for ABN AMRO (M&A) - April 07
- Santander
- Fortis, Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland announce offer for ABN AMRO (M&A) - April 07
- Skandia
- SkandiaBanken sells Denmark Branch (Divestment) - May 07
- AIG
- APPENDIX
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
