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RAKBank in talks to acquire RAK National Insurance

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National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah said on Thursday it was looking to acquire a majority stake in a listed insurance company in the emirate, a rare example of a takeover attempt involving two public UAE firms.

  • (Reuters)
  • Updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 10:25 PM

RAKBank, the sixth-largest lender by market value on the Abu Dhabi bourse, is in talks to acquire Ras Al Khaimah National Insurance Co, it said in a bourse filing. The government of Ras Al Khaimah owns about 50 per cent of each company.

The lender is discussing details and the mechanism of the deal with the UAE markets regulator as well as the Abu Dhabi securities exchange, it said.

RAKBank, which also offers insurance services, may look to consolidate the operations upon acquiring one of the UAE’s oldest insurance companies. Ras Al Khaimah National Insurance saw its profit rise 27 per cent from a year earlier to Dh20.59 million ($5.6 million) in the first quarter.


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