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Life insurance stake at Vysya sold by ING

January 25, 2013April 30, 2013

The 26 percent share in the company was expected to sell and has finally gone to another insurer. ING, the Dutch banking group, has sold its 26 percent share of Vysysa Life Insurance to another insurer in the Asian marketplace, Exide Industries, a local company. This makes ING the second foreign business to step out of India within the last year. This is a notable occurrence as the life insurance sector within India is considered to be competitive. ING made the initial announcement on Wednesday, stating that this decision to…

Life insurance deal dropped by KB Financial

December 19, 2012April 30, 2013

The bid that had been made for ING’s business in that sector in Korea has now been removed. Though ING Groep had received a bid on its Korean life insurance assets, that opportunity has now been lost as the sole buyer who had been involved in the deal has now withdrawn the offer that it had made. KB Financial Group was the would be buyer of the business that ING held in that market of Korea. Now, KB Financial, which is based in Seoul, has pulled out the bid that…

Insurance jobs to be lost at ING Groep following massive quarterly profit dive

November 8, 2012November 8, 2012 H. Cutner

The Dutch financial services company will lay off 2,350 employees after a Q3 slump of 64 percent. The largest Dutch financial services company, ING Groep, has announced that it will be slashing 2,350 employees from its rosters – 1,350 European insurance jobs, and 1,000 commercial banking positions – due to a slump in their profits from the third quarter of 64 percent. The company’s net income plummeted to €609 million, from having been €1.69 billion a year before. The lender, which is based in Amsterdam, released a banking and insurance…

Insurance news from Prudential reveals new $590 million deal

November 6, 2012November 5, 2012 Julie Campbell

This Asian acquisition may put added pressure on its competitor, AIA Group. Insurance news from the Asia Pacific region has shown that Prudential PLC has just entered into an acquisition agreement to buy the coverage unit from Thanachart Bank in Thailand, for a reported $590 million, in cash. This will double the insurer’s current market share within that Asian nation. This is expected to add greater competition to the insurance news in Southeastern Asia, which is a rapidly growing marketplace where AIA Group has been working to maintain leadership. This…

International insurance deal made by son of Asia’s richest man

October 22, 2012April 30, 2013

Richard Li, Hong Kong tycoon, has acquired three units of ING for $2.1 billion Younger son of the richest man in Asia, and businessman in his own right, Richard Li, is making international insurance news by purchasing three the coverage units of ING Hong Kong, Thailand, and Macau, in a cash acquisition of $2.14 billion in cash. The Dutch financial services firm has now advanced significantly toward paying off its bailout. ING has been taking dramatic steps in order to try to pay back its state bailout funds, and the…