Anbang prepares second bid to buy US insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life
Anbang withdrew application from the New York finance regulator on Monday.
Anbang Insurance will try a second time to buy annuities and life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life with a refiled acquisition application to the New York regulator, a source with knowledge of the deal told the South China Morning Post on Thursday morning.
“Anbang will continue to work with Fidelity & Guaranty Life to complete the deal,” the source said, without detailing the time table.
Anbang had agreed to buy Fidelity for US$1.57 billion in November, Reuters reported.
On March 31, Anbang pulled out from a US$14 billion bid to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a move possibly triggered after China’s insurance regulator stepped in and questioned Anbang’s ability to control the risk involved with an investment of that size.
