Sector: Insurance
HDFC Life to acquire Exide Life. Usual business for HDFC Life and Positive for Exide Industries.
Exide Industries today informed that it has decided to divest it’s entire life insurance business stake to HDFC Life Insurance Company. Key points to note – Total transaction value is Rs 6,687 crore. Of this Rs 726 crore is upfront cash and balance as shares in HDFC Life Insurance at Rs 685/ share. Post the … Read more
Govt to sell stake in LIC in two stages to avoid market disruption
The government may not initially sell a 10% stake in Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) through an initial public offering (IPO), choosing instead to sell 5-6%, followed by a similar second public offering, given the mammoth size of the state-run insurer, four people aware of the development said. Although the valuation exercise of LIC … Read more
Billionaire investors Mark Cuban and Chamath Palihapitiya are challenging Warren Buffett in car insurance
Mark Cuban and Chamath Palihapitiya are challenging Warren Buffett in the car-insurance market. The “Shark Tank” star and Social Capital chief are part of a group investing $160 million into Metromile, which offers pay-per-mile insurance and personalized pricing to drivers. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owns Geico, one of the biggest US auto insurers and a key … Read more
In share swap deal, ICICI Lombard to acquire Bharti AXA General Insurance
In a regulatory filing late Friday, ICICI Lombard said the boards of the two companies — ICICI Lombard and Bharti AXA General — had met on Friday and approved entering into definitive agreements for demerger of Bharti AXA’s non-life insurance business into ICICI Lombard through a Scheme of Arrangement. According to ICICI Lombard, the shareholders … Read more
Warren Buffett has made a ‘good start’ towards spending his $137 billion cash pile, Berkshire Hathaway analyst says
The billionaire investor and Berkshire chief recently struck a $10 billion deal for Dominion Energy’s natural-gas assets, and looks to have spent between $5 billion and $6 billion on stock buybacks in recent weeks. Buffett has plenty of scope to make similar moves in the coming months, Shanahan said. “There is still a lot of … Read more