Zurich Insurance is reportedly planning to sell some of its general insurance operations in Australia in a bid to streamline its portfolio.
The Swiss insurer is in talks with an adviser for offloading non-core commercial operations in the country, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.
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The talks are still at an early stage and no final decision has been made yet. If the divesture goes ahead, it could fetch Zurich Insurance a few hundred million dollars, the report added.
Zurich Insurance bolstered its presence in the Australian market through acquisitions.
In April 2017, the insurer acquired Sydney-based travel insurer Cover-More for approximately $565m.
Later that year, Zurich Insurance signed a deal to buy Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s (ANZ’s) life insurance businesses, OnePath Life, in Australia in a deal valued at $2.14bn.
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