Canada’s Intact is buying UK insurer Direct Line’s commercial lines business for an initial cash consideration of £520mn ($650.3mn) and a potential further £30mn earnout payment.
The unit generated written premiums of £530mn in 2022 and had an average combined ratio of 96% across 2021 and 2022.
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