Reuters: Regulatory News: Warren Buffett's Berkshire eying Unipol insurance assets - report

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire eying Unipol insurance assets - report Jun 8th 2013, 10:09 MILAN, June 8 | Sat Jun 8, 2013 6:09am EDT MILAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is interested in buying assets that Italian insurer Unipol must sell as part of a merger with peer Fondiaria-SAI, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Saturday. The paper said Berkshire was eying commercial assets belonging to Milano Assicurazioni, a unit controlled by Fondiaria. Unipol has been forced by Italy's anti-trust authority to sell portfolio assets with premiums totaling around 1.7 billion euros ($2.2 billion) as part of its rescue of the Fondiaria-SAI group. The merger, which will create Italy's No. 2 insurer, is expected to close by the end of the year. Unipol CEO Carlo Cimbri said in May there had been 10-15 expressions of interest for the assets, including from Allianz , Axa, Aviva and Zurich. Insurance accounted for roughly a quarter of Berkshire's revenues in 2012. Buffett's investments are viewed by many investors as a seal of approval from one of the world's most respected businessmen. Neither Unipol nor Berkshire Hathaway Inc were immediately available for a comment.

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