Generali to acquire Seguradoras Unidas
Generali has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the Seguradoras Unidas and the service company AdvanceCare from Calm Eagle Holdings and Calm Eagle Parent Holdings – entities majority-owned by investment funds managed by certain affiliates of Apollo Global Management, for a consideration of €510 million for Seguradoras Unidas and €90 million for AdvanceCare subject to closing adjustments.
Seguradoras Unidas is the second-largest non-life business operator in Portugal with a 15.5% market share in the segment. The company also operates in the Life segment and posted total gross insurance premiums of approximately € 800 million in 2018. The acquisition allows Generali to become Portugal’s second-largest non-life player with a market share of 18.7%; in Life, the transaction will allow Generali to leverage on Seguradoras Unidas’s agency network to develop protection products, in line with the three-year Generali 2021 strategy.
AdvanceCare is a service platform operating primarily in the healthcare sector, a leader in the management of medical service outsourcing. It is Portugal’s second-largest private player, with a market share of around 30%. The company’s capital-light fee business is scalable in other countries and fits well with the Generali 2021 strategy to increase service-based revenues.
The acquisition of the two assets is consistent with Generali’s capital redeployment strategy in disciplined M&A to support profitable growth.
“With the acquisition of Seguradoras Unidas, Generali will become the second-largest group in the Portuguese non-life segment. The transaction will enable us to optimise our strategic positioning in the country, to capture future growth opportunities, to achieve significant cost synergies through the integration of Generali Portugal and Seguradoras Unidas and to ensure the operational solidity of Europ Assistance in the Portuguese market. The acquisition of AdvanceCare, which has a diversified institutional customer base, will also help the Group to acquire strong know-how in the healthcare sector and a scalable platform to develop in other countries. These acquisitions are an important step in the implementation of the Group’s three-year strategy, which aims to strengthen our leadership in Europe.” – Jaime Anchústegui Melgarejo, CEO International of Generali.
Generali has been present in Portugal since 1942 and operates through two companies: Generali Vida Companhia de Seguros, operating in the life segment, and Generali Companhia de Seguros, active in the non-life segment. In 2018, total gross premiums amounted to € 215 million (€ 154 million in the Non-Life segment and € 61 million in the Life segment). Generali also operates in the country in the assistance sector through Europ Assistance Portugal.
