AXA is considering a sale of its Singapore business as it seeks to raise funds divesting peripheral operations, according to people familiar with the matter.[SINGAPORE] AXA is considering a sale of its Singapore business as it seeks to raise funds divesting peripheral operations, according to people familiar with the matter.
The French insurer is working with an adviser on the potential sale, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The Singapore unit, which offers life and property and casualty insurance, could draw interest from rivals seeking to expand in South-east Asia, the people said. It generated 615 million euros of revenue in 2019, according to AXA's annual report.
A sale process could start as soon as the next few weeks, the people said. No final decisions have been made, and there's no certainty the deliberations will lead to a transaction, the people said. A representative for Paris-based AXA declined to comment. AXA and a local partner are also considering a potential sale of their life and general insurance venture in Malaysia, which could fetch about US$650 million, Bloomberg News reported last year. AXA said this month that an agreement it struck to sell its AXA Life Europe business to Cinven had been terminated after certain conditions weren't met.
Chief executive officer Thomas Buberl is trying to shift AXA's focus on property and casualty insurance following its US$15.3 billion purchase of XL Group in 2018. Since then, the CEO has been reviewing options for smaller businesses across the world, including in the Middle East, to help pay for the XL deal.
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