M&A Deal Summary

Unum Acquires National Dental Plan

On August 10, 2015, Unum acquired insurance company National Dental Plan from Capita for 50M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Unum’s 2nd transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is Unum’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Unum’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-08-10
Target National Dental Plan
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) Unum
Sellers(s) Capita
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 50M USD

Target

National Dental Plan

London, United Kingdom
National Dental Plan Ltd. is a provider of financial protection benefits and services in the U.S. and U.K.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Unum

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Category Company
Founded 1848
Sector Insurance
Employees10,553
Revenue 12.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Unum's corporate headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Unum's corporate headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Unum is a provider of financial protection benefits in the United States and the United Kingdom. Unum’s portfolio includes disability, life, accident and critical illness coverage, which help protect millions of working people and their families in the event of an illness or injury. Unum was formed in 1848 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector (Insurance) 2 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-24 Genex

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States

Genex is the trusted provider of managed care services enabling clients to transform their bottom lines while enhancing the lives of injured and disabled workers. The company serves the top underwriters of workers’ compensation, automobile, disability insurance, third-party administrators, and a significant number of Fortune 500 employers. In addition, Genex is the only company that delivers high-quality clinical services enhanced by intelligent systems and 360-degree data analysis. The company consistently drives superior results related to medical, wage loss, and productivity costs associated with claims in the workers’ compensation, disability, automobile, and health care systems. Genex was formed in 1978 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-04 AlwaysCare Benefits

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

AlwaysCare Benefits, Inc. is an independent dental and vision benefits company.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Capita

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Business Services
Employees43,000
Revenue 2.8B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Capita is a provider of business process services, driven by data, technology, and people. The Company delivers innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers. Capita operates across two divisions – Capita Public Service and Capita Experience – in the UK, Europe, India, and South Africa. Capita was formed in 1984 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 20
Sector (Insurance) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 19
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 19
Year (2015) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-05 avocis AG

Tagerwilen, Switzerland

avocis offers multilingual services in the areas of technical support, user helpdesks, outbound and inbound services and services for SMEs.

Buy €210M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-01 Iqarus

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Iqarus Ltd. provides occupational health and medical support solutions to both onshore and offshore staff at the oil and gas production company.

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