ZURICH: Zurich Insurance Group AG has abandoned its proposed £5.6bil bid for British insurer RSA Insurance Group PLC after forecasting a US$200mil loss in its general insurance business due to explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin.
Instead of buying RSA in a proposed transaction first announced in July, Zurich would focus on improving the performance of its general insurance business, it said in a statement.
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