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1、金融英语相关阅读指导文章欣赏 金融英语相关阅读指导文章欣赏 Citizens Financial Sells Three Insurance Agencies Citizens Financial Group (Providence, RI) was a Top 25 bank insurance operation last year. That is not likely to be the case in the future. With its announcement yesterday (March 1) that it was selling three insurance ag
2、encies to Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Citizens (assets: $155 billion) made clear that it sees little future in the full-line insurance brokerage business. The agencies are Citizens Clair Insurance Group (Norristown, PA); Brewer & Lord (Norwell, MA); and Feitelberg In
3、surance (Fall River, MA). Collectively they have 19 offices in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Combined revenues were about $45 million last year. The purchase price for the brokerages was $80 million (inclusive of tangible worth), payable in cash on closing, as well as an earn-out ba
4、sed on future performance. The insurance agencies will continue to operate independently within the Hub International system. The transaction was presented by the two panies more as a “strategic alliance” than an outright sale, promising “joint marketing efforts” that would bring a broader array of
5、insurance products and services to Citizens retail and mercial customers. Citizens Bank will continue to refer clients with insurance needs to the brokerages, presumably, even though they will now be owned by Hub and not Citizens. “While we achieved both revenue growth and profitability in line with
6、 our strategies for the insurance brokerage business, we see a new opportunity to serve our customers by partnering with Hub International as our insurance broker of choice,” said Robert M. Mahoney, vice chairman of Citizens Financial Group. “Our strategic alliance with Hub International will expand
7、 our product offerings, locations and expertise, enhancing our petitive position. We will be able to offer insurance products to corporate customers throughout our 13-state footprint, not just to customers in three local markets.” In xx, Citizens Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Royal Ban
8、k of Scotland Group, purchased The Feitelberg Company, one of the largest insurance agencies in southeastern New England. With bined annual premiums of $325 million, the transaction made Citizens Bank, its operating bank, one of the largest bank/insurance brokerage operations in the United States. C
9、itizens Clair and Brewer & Lord were acquired earlier, ing to Citizens as part of (larger) bank acquisitions. Citizens, the eighth-largest mercial banking pany in the United States ranked by deposits, was a Top 25 institution in Whos Who in Bank Insurance (xx Edition). The earn-out payments associat
10、ed with the transaction will in the aggregate be at least $3 million. This will be payable over three years and, at Hubs option, in cash or a bination of cash and Hub mon shares. Martin P. Hughes, HUB CEO, indicated that he expects total consideration for the transaction will be within Hubs target multiple of 5-7 times EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Closing of the acquisitions is expected to our in April xx and is subject to the satisfaction of regulatory and other customary conditions. 【金融英语相关阅读指导文章欣赏】相关文章： 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 模板,内容仅供参考
