M&A Deal Summary

AXA Acquires Genworth Financial - Lifestyle Protection Insurance Business

On December 2, 2015, AXA acquired insurance company Genworth Financial - Lifestyle Protection Insurance Business from Genworth Financial for 490M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AXA’s 9th transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is AXA’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is AXA’s 2nd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-12-02
Target Genworth Financial - Lifestyle Protection Insurance Business
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) AXA
Sellers(s) Genworth Financial
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 490M USD

Target

Genworth Financial - Lifestyle Protection Insurance Business

United States
Genworth Financial - Lifestyle Protection Insurance Business is a provider of insurance services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AXA

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1852
Sector Insurance
Employees94,705
Revenue 93.1B EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION

AXA is a provider of financial protection and asset management services primarily in western Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East, and Africa. The Company offers a range of life and savings products, including individual and group savings retirement products, life and health products. Property & Casualty segment includes a range of products, including motor, property and general liability insurance for both personal and commercial customers. AXA was founded in 1852 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 15
Sector (Insurance) 9 of 12
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 5
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2015) 5 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-01 AXA - Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance

China

AXA - Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (ORSO) is a provider of pension products.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-18 Liberty Ubezpieczenia

Warsaw, Poland

Liberty Ubezpieczenia is a provider of multi-line insurance services. Liberty Ubezpieczenia was founded in 2007 and is based in Warsaw, Poland.

Buy zł92M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Genworth Financial

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Insurance
Employees4,100
Revenue 8.5B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Genworth's corporate headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
Genworth's corporate headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.

Genworth Financial, Inc. is a provider of individual and group long-term care insurance products to meet growing consumer needs for long-term care. The Company's life insurance products protect people during unexpected events. In the United States, retirement products include various types of annuity and guaranteed retirement income products. Genworth also facilitates homeownership in the United States and internationally by providing mortgage insurance products that allow people to purchase homes with low down payments while protecting lenders against the risk of default. Through homeownership education and assistance programs, Genworth also helps people keep their homes when they experience financial difficulties.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector (Insurance) 2 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 10
Country (United States) 6 of 9
Year (2015) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-27 Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance

London, United Kingdom

Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Ltd. is a provider of mortgage insurance to mortgage lenders which protects against losses arising from credit defaults on residential and buy-to-let mortgage portfolios.

Sell $60M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-15 Genworth Financial - Certain Blocks of Term Life Insurance

United States

Genworth Financial - Certain Blocks of Term Life Insurance is a provider of insurance products and services.

Sell -