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13 March 2024Insurance

Ageas bumps bid for Direct Line, gets rebuff from target & markets

Belgian-French multinational insurer Ageas upped its preliminary takeover bid for UK rival Direct Line, then received a second cold shoulder for an offer still called “uncertain, unattractive and ... opportunistic.” 

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