FOCUS: Insurers Eye Emerging-Mkt Buys, Avoid Large M&A Deals
Aug.19, 2008 in
Market Outlook
PARIS (Dow Jones)–Europe’s insurers remain in the hunt for small to midsize
acquisitions, with the action likely to center on promising emerging markets in
the East and South, while larger, balance-sheet-straining deals in mature markets
will likely have to wait as companies tread cautiously in the face of the global
credit crisis.
Insurance heavyweights such as Axa SA (AXA), Assicurazioni [...]



