*S&P Capital IQ raises target price to 1280 p from 1250 p; rating buy. For a summary of rating actions and price target changes on European companies:. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
*Panmure raises target price to 1376 p from 1160 p; rating buy. For a summary of rating actions and price target changes on European companies:. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
*SocGen raises price target to 1,300 p from 900 p. For a summary of rating actions and price target changes on European companies:. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
LONDON, April 30- Britain intends to implement a tougher version of European Union rules on capital adequacy for its own insurers, even at the risk of a legal challenge in the bloc's courts, a top regulator has said.
*Asia insurance M&A hits record $30.5 bln last year. HONG KONG, April 29- A deal-making frenzy in Asia's insurance industry is turning up the heat on buyers to fork out huge sums or miss out on a prime chance to tap into the sector's fastest growing market, and few predict a slowdown despite the eye-popping prices.
*Asia insurance M&A hits record $30.5 bln last year. HONG KONG, April 29- A deal-making frenzy in Asia's insurance industry is turning up the heat on buyers to fork out huge sums or miss out on a prime chance to tap into the sector's fastest growing market, and few predict a slowdown despite the eye-popping prices.
The British insurance group has poached Standard Life Chief Financial Officer Jackie Hunt to head up its UK and European business, following the resignation of Rob Devey. The asset management company appointed Laurent Guillet as chief executive at its London branch.
The British insurance group has poached Standard Life Chief Financial Officer Jackie Hunt to head up its UK and European business, following the resignation of Rob Devey. The asset management company appointed Laurent Guillet as chief executive officer at its London Branch.
LONDON, April 26- British insurance group Prudential has poached Standard Life Chief Financial Officer Jackie Hunt to head up its UK and European business, following the resignation of Rob Devey.
HONG KONG, April 26- Trading in shares of Prudential Plc was suspended on Friday afternoon, according to a filing on the Hong Kong exchange.
LONDON, April 26- Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 23 points lower, or 0.4 percent down, according to financial bookmakers, with investors expected to trim stocks after some disappointing company earnings and before the release of U.S. economic data.
LONDON, March 27- Prudential Plc has been fined 30 million pounds and had its CEO publicly censured for failing to inform Britain's financial watchdog about an ill-fated Asian takeover.
*Southeast Asia hot market for insurance M&A. HONG KONG, March 12- Carlyle Group LP and KKR& Co LP are among the bidders to have made first round offers to buy a minority stake in Thai Life Insurance Co Ltd, in a deal said to be worth about $500 million, according to people close to the auction.
HONG KONG, Dec 18- American International Group Inc raised $6.45 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in AIA Group Ltd in Asia's second-largest block sale ever, exiting a business the U.S. insurer started nearly 100 years ago.