(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-15 11:25 Augur Capital eyes German life insurers-magazine
FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - Private equity company Augur Capital is set to snap up life insurance contracts from German insurers looking to offload the highly competitive business, according to weekly magazine Wirtschafts Woche. "Ideally, we will take over the first life insurer this year," Augur board member Thomas Schmitt told the magazine, according to an excerpt of an interview published ... iii.co.uk |
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