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DB Insurance to Acquire U.S.-based Insurer Fortegra
SEOUL, South Korea & GREENWICH, Conn. & NEW YORK, September 26, 2025--DB Insurance Co., Ltd. ("DB Insurance") (CEO Jong-Pyo Jeong), Tiptree Inc. (NASDAQ: TIPT) ("Tiptree") and Warburg Pincus LLC ("Warburg Pincus") announced today that the parties have signed an agreement for DB Insurance to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of The Fortegra Group, Inc. ("Fortegra"), a U.S.-based specialty insurer, for approximately $1.65 billion (approximately KRW 2.3 trillion) in cash from Tiptree and Warbu
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