3rd Jul 2014 07:00
RSA announces sale of its business in China for £71m
RSA Insurance Group plc today announces that on 3 July 2014 it reached agreement to sell Sun Alliance Insurance (China) Limited (‘RSA China’) to Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.
RSA will receive consideration of approximately £71m payable in cash. The transaction is expected to result in a gain on sale and an addition to the Group’s tangible net assets of approximately £26m.
Completion is subject to obtaining regulatory approval.
Stephen Hester, RSA Group Chief Executive said:
“This transaction builds on the momentum of our recently announced disposals in the Baltics, Poland and Canada, and represents continued progress against our aim of tightening the strategic focus of the Group. We are continuing to evaluate further non-core disposals, some of which we expect to agree during 2014.”
RSA China underwrites both commercial and personal insurance risks and accounted for £14m of net written premiums in RSA Group’s 2013 financial statements.
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About RSA
With a 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups. RSA has major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, Asia and the Middle East, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe and has the capability to write business in around 140 countries. Focusing on general insurance, RSA has around 23,000 employees and, in 2013, its net written premiums were £8.7 billion.
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