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** Insurance-focused takeover specialist Chesnara's shares up 6.8 pct, highest in over a month as co says to buy Legal & General's Dutch insurance business in a deal worth 160 mln euros ($168.85 mln) ** Co says to fund deal through 70 mln stg share sale ** Second-top FTSE Small Cap r
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(ShareCast News) - Legal & General has agreed to sell its Netherlands business to London-listed pensions firm Chesnara for €160m (£135.6m), the latest disposal from the insurer as it looks to consolidate its overseas operations. The sale of the Dutch arm is expected to improve the FTSE 100 company's
Read more(ShareCast News) - The financial watchdog is planning a tougher clampdown on UK asset management companies as it feels the sector has enjoyed big profits for many year by not competing very hard on prices and fees, though analysts said the industry will breathe a sigh of relief at the lack of bite f
Read more(ShareCast News) - Legal & General said its retirement sales had risen by roughly £1.3bn in the last month and a half, boosted by the new £1.1bn buyout of a pension scheme from Rolls-Royce. Total retirement sales in the year to date have risen to £6.7bn, up from £5.4bn towards the end of September,
Read more(Corrects title of Anton Eser in third paragraph) Nov 10 (Reuters) - Aaron Meder has been appointed as the chief executive of Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA). Meder, who will be based in Chicago, was most recently head of investment at Legal & General Investment
Read moreLONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - British insurer Legal & General said on Tuesday it appointed Bernie Hickman as chief executive of a new combined UK and U.S. insurance division, Legal & General Insurance. Hickman was previously chief of Legal & General Home Finance and managing director of L&G's
Read more(Adds Patron declines to comment) Nov 1 (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group, China's second-largest property developer, is in "early stage" talks to buy Cala Homes, a person familiar with the upmarket British housebuilder told Reuters. Edinburgh, Scotland-based Cala Homes, which is own
Read moreNov 1 (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group, China's second-largest property developer, is in "early stage" talks to buy Cala Homes, a person familiar with the upmarket British housebuilder told Reuters. Edinburgh, Scotland-based Cala Homes, which is owned by insurer Legal & General and real e
Read more(Adds analyst, detail, Prudential no-comment, shares) LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Insurer Aviva said on Tuesday it did not expect to take "significant" action after Britain's regulator said some firms needed to review their sales of annuities to ensure people got the right deal. Rival
Read more* Insurance watchdog to review Solvency II in 2021 * Watchdog mulls adding macro-prudential aspects to rules (Adds comment by Bernardino, further details, background) FRANKFURT, Oct 18 (Reuters) - EU insurance industry regulator EIOPA plans to add broad-brush measures over the next
Read moreFRANKFURT, Oct 18 (Reuters) - EU insurance watchdog EIOPA will examine adding broad-brush measures aimed at reducing the risk of financial crises to its capital rules for insurance companies over the next few years, it said on Tuesday. The EU's risk-capital rules for insurers, known as Solv
Read more(ShareCast News) - Legal & General has appointed mathematician Sir John Kingman, best known for his queuing theory, as chairman effective from 24 October. Sir John will replace interim chairman Rudy Markham, who remain on the bard as non-executive director until the next shareholder meeting in 2017.
Read more(Adds comment from Legal & General, updates shares) Oct 17 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog has asked Standard Life Plc to review whether it gave customers in poor health enough information when it sold them pension products, the insurer said on Monday. The Financial Conduct A
Read more* FCA finds no evidence of industry-wide failure * Removes fears of big bill for misselling policies * Some firms may have to offer redress (Recasts first paragraph, adds comment from former pensions minister) By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Brit
Read moreLONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said on Friday it found no widespread failures by insurers to give customers in poorer health enough information about the pensions they were buying. The Financial Conduct Authority conducted a "thematic review" or sector-wide study of
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