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12 feb 2008 - 22:38
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ING Groep N.V.
Titel
ING Sells Mexican Non-Core Insurance Business to AXA for EUR 1.0 Bln
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ING Group announced today that it has reached an agreement with AXA to sell part of its Mexican business, Seguros ING SA de CV and subsidiaries, for a total consideration of USD 1.5 billion (EUR 1.0 billion). Under the terms of the agreement, ING will divest companies that comprise its non-life businesses of P&C and Auto, plus its Health and Life insurance lines, its Health Maintenance Organization (ISES) and its Bonding Business. This sale will allow ING to focus on growing its existing Mexican pension (Afore) and Annuities businesses.
Michel Tilmant, Chairman of the Executive Board of ING Group said, “This divestment is part of ING’s strategy to focus its activities on its core expertise of banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services. ING continues to accelerate the redeployment of its capital in line with this strategy.”
ING Mexico’s Afore business has an AuM of EUR 6.8 billion, making it the third largest pension provider in the country. ING is also the second largest pension provider in Latin America, with approximately 22 million clients in the region.
Tom McInerney, ING Executive Board member and CEO for ING Insurance Americas said, “We see a great potential to grow ING’s pension and wealth management businesses in Mexico and in the rest of Latin America. ING will focus on boosting existing businesses and further invest in the region through organic growth, strategic bolt-on acquisitions and distribution relationships.”
In 2006 ING Mexico reported EUR 5.5 billion of assets under management by year end and after tax profits of EUR 85 million, of which EUR 1.2 billion of assets under management and EUR 29.1 million of after tax profits were generated by Seguros ING SA de CV and subsidiaries. The companies ING is selling employ more than 4,200 employees, the majority of whom will transfer to AXA once the transaction has closed.
Based on the purchase price of EUR 1.0 billion, ING expects to realise a capital gain on the sale in a range betw
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