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Ageas to take full ownership of AG Insurance and formalise long term partnership with BNP Paribas
Ageas to take full ownership of AG Insurance and formalise long term partnership with BNP Paribas Ageas SA/NV (“Ageas”, the “Group”) today announced the acquisition of the outstanding 25% stake in its Belgian subsidiary AG Insurance SA/NV (“AG”) from BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV (“BNP Paribas Fortis”). This transaction further accelerates and upgrades Ageas’s Elevate27 strategic and financial ambitions for the second time this year. Additionally, Ageas and BNP Paribas SA (“BNP Paribas”) reconfirm th
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