Providing market research reports, industry analysis, company profiles and country reports for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, marketing and business research.
Search for Market Research Reports:    

M&A, partnerships and organic growth in Life and Pensions, Q1 2007

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: May. 1, 2007 - 17 Pages


Table of Contents


The Roundup

Mergers and acquisitions

Partnerships

Emerging market entry

Organic growth



The Developments

AIG

Allianz

AXA

CNP Assurances

ING

ING Australia and ANZ bank join forces to offer instant life insurance - March 2007

KBC

Liverpool Victoria

Manulife

Prudential

Sampo Life

Skandia

Standard Life

Prudential US

Prédica

The Hartford



APPENDIX

Methodology

Further reading

Ask the analyst

Datamonitor consulting

Disclaimer



The Roundup

Mergers and acquisitions

M&A activity is focused on acquiring new distribution channels

Partnerships

Building partnerships is also a good way of developing new distribution channels

Partnership allow for low-risk entry to unknown markets

Emerging market entry

Emerging market entry has been focused around India and Central and Eastern Europe

Organic growth



The Developments

AIG

AIG subsidiary American General Life Insurance strengthens distribution network through acquisition of Matrix Direct - Feb 07

Allianz

Allianz and Bajaj Auto create financial product distribution company for India - March 2007

Allianz increases its stake in Russian insurance company Rosno - Feb 2007

Allianz integrates its Italian companies Ras, Lloyd Adriatico, and Allianz Subalpina - March 2007

Delta Lloyd acquires Erasmus - March 2007

Aviva, Aksigorta, and Akbank sign memorandum of understanding on Turkish life and pensions operation - March 2007

Aviva makes first moves in entering Romanian voluntary private pensions market - March 2007

Aviva extends bancassurance in India and launches it in Sri Lanka - Feb 2007

AXA

AXA partners with BMPS to operate in Italian insurance and pensions market - March 2007

Barclays and ABN AMRO discussing merger - March 2007

BNP Paribas division Cardif partners with Vietcombank and Seabank in Vietnam - Jan 2007

BNP Paribas enters new CEE markets - Dec 2006

Bancassurance MOU signed by BNP Paribas and Cooperative Bank of Taiwan - Dec 2006

CNP Assurances

CNP Assurances gains majority share of Skandia Vida - Dec 2006

Fortis launches a new life insurance company in Russia

Friends Provident enters German pensions market with fpb AG - March 2007

Partnership between HSBC and Standard Life to offer SIPP to SMEs - Jan 2007

HSBC signs MOU with Canara Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce to form Indian life insurance company - March 2007

Erisa to be wholly owned by HSBC - March 2007

ING

ING Australia and ANZ bank join forces to offer instant life insurance - March 2007

ING's Belgium operations to be restructured - Jan 2007

KBC

KBC achieves early entry into post-accession Bulgarian market through acquisition of 70% of DZI - Jan 2007

Legal & General partners with Nationwide to distribute life and pensions products - Feb 2007

Liverpool Victoria

Strategic partnership between Liverpool Victoria and Lighthouse Group - March 2007

Manulife

Manulife building Japanese bancassurance network with Tottori, Chiba, Ogaki Kyoritsu, Shizuoka, and Mitsubishi UFG banks - March 2007

Manulife-Sinochem grows in China - Jan 2007

Bancassurance partners China Bank and Manulife to operate in Philippines - Jan 2007

Manulife subsidiary John Hancock in partnership with Morgan Stanley - Dec 2006

Legal & General partners with Nationwide to distribute life and pensions products - Feb 2007

Prudential

Prudential acquires annuities portfolio from Equitable Life - March 2007

Prudential to sell Egg Banking to Citigroup, but widens its bancassurance channel - Jan 2007

Organic growth for Prudential in China- Jan 2007

Sampo Life

Sampo Life consolidates its Baltic operations - Jan 2007

Skandia

Skandia sells Spanish subsidiary Skandia Vida to CNP Assurances - Dec 2006

Standard Life

Strengthened partnership for Standard Life and Fidelity FundsNetwork - Feb 2007

SIPPs distribution to build Standard Life - HSBC relationship - Jan 2007

Prudential US

DLF and Prudential Financial Indian life joint venture announced - March 2007

Prédica

Emporiki Bank and Crédit Agricole sell Phoenix Metrolife to Groupama - March 2007

The Hartford

The Hartford broker-dealer subsidiary Woodbury Financial acquires marketing firm Diversified Financial Concepts - Dec 2006



APPENDIX

Methodology

Further reading

Ask the analyst

Datamonitor consulting

Disclaimer

Abstract

Introduction

This tracker covers merger and acquisition activity globally, across the life and pensions space. It also highlights the strategic partnerships, and expansion, or contraction, of existing businesses. There is also a focus on the key emerging markets, namely China, India, CEE and the Middle East.

Scope

The tracker covers the M&A and partnership activities of the largest global and regional life and pensions companies It provides an update of each player's activities in this area and a roundup chapter which offers readers a summary of key trends in that quarter The tracker is global in coverage, therefore encompassing market entry strategies as well as domestic M&A activity

Highlights

The focus of M&A activity in the first quarter of 2007 has been on acquiring additional distribution channels and deepening local presence The activity in the partnerships area in Q1 2007 has been extensive, again mostly focused on building distribution channels. Building partnerships, seems to be the preferred means of accessing new distribution channels, despite the less preferable commission rates that are involved with partnering with a distributor rather then buying them outright

Reasons to Purchase

Understand the competitor activity in your market and potential threats and opportunities Gain insight into your competitor's strategic movements Keep up to date with the latest developments and activity in your market

Get Full Details About This Report >>
US: 800.298.5699
Int'l: +1.240.747.3093
Buy this Report
Price and Delivery Options

Search Inside Report


 

About MarketResearch.com
MarketResearch.com is an online aggregator selling over 160,000 market research reports, company profiles and country profiles from over 600 research firms. Our reports will provide you with the critical business and competitive intelligence you need for strategic planning and marketing research. Coverage includes the US, UK, Europe, Asia and global markets.

 

© MarketResearch.com 2008