Dah Sing to sell insurance arm to China’s Thai Hot

The Hong Kong group has extracted a high price at a time when Chinese insurers and property firms are increasingly looking to diversify overseas.
June 02, 2016

Hong Kong’s Dah Sing has agreed to sell its insurance operations to Chinese conglomerate Thai Hot for $1.4 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter on Thursday, the latest sign that Chinese insurers and property firms are looking to diversify overseas.

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