Chesnara buys Scottish Widows Europe from Lloyds for €110m
17th Feb 2026 07:13
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara on Tuesday said it had signed a deal to buy Scottish Widows Europe, a Luxembourg based closed life insurance business from Lloyds Banking Group for €110m in cash.
Read moreChesnara's £260m purchase of HSBC Life UK clears regulatory hurdle
12th Dec 2025 14:06
(Sharecast News) - Life and pension consolidator Chesnara has received regulatory approval for its £260m acquisition of HSBC's UK life insurance manufacturing business.
Read moreBerenberg nudges up target price on Chesnara
29th Aug 2025 09:14
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg nudged up their target price on UK life and pension consolidator Chesnara from 328p to 333p on Friday following the group's first-half earnings a day earlier.
Read moreChesnara prices £150m of convertible notes
30th Jul 2025 14:08
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara announced the successful pricing of £150m of fixed rate reset perpetual restricted tier one contingent convertible notes on Wednesday, as the life insurance consolidator looked to bolster its financial flexibility and pursue further acquisition opportunities.
Read moreChesnara to buy HSBC Life UK in £260m deal
3rd Jul 2025 08:25
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara announced an agreement to acquire HSBC Life UK from HSBC on Thursday, for £260m, in a move that it said would materially expand its scale in the UK life insurance market.
Read moreChesnara reports strong cash generation, though earnings dip
10th Sep 2024 12:23
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara reported strong cash generation and continued dividend growth in its interim results on Tuesday, although its earnings dipped compared to last year.
Read moreChesnara raises dividend as profit increases
31st Mar 2022 08:54
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara increased its dividend as the life and pensions consolidator reported higher annual profit and solid financial strength.
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
12th May 2021 13:55
(Sharecast News) - Air Partner: Canaccord reiterates buy with a target price of 100p.
Read moreChesnara hires Royal London's Steve Murray as new CEO
12th May 2021 11:07
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara has hired Steve Murray from Royal London to replace John Deane who is retiring after six years in charge of the life and pensions company.
Read moreChesnara raises final dividend amid Covid-19 turmoil
30th Mar 2020 11:30
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara shares rose more than 10% after the life insurer said it would increase its final dividend in the midst of turmoil caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
Read moreChesnara appoints Luke Savage as chairman
14th Feb 2020 09:01
(Sharecast News) - Chesnara has appointed insurance industry veteran Luke Savage as chairman of the life and pensions company to take over from Peter Mason with immediate effect.
Read moreChesnara buys portfolio of life and savings policies
22nd Nov 2019 08:11
(Sharecast News) - Life and pensions company Chesnara has acquired a portfolio of term life and savings policies from the Dutch branch of Belgian-owned Argenta Bank-en Verzekeringsgroep.
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
20th Nov 2019 13:27
(Sharecast News) - Burford Capital: Berenberg downgrades to hold with a target price of 810p.
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
28th Aug 2019 12:43
(Sharecast News) - Greggs: UBS upgrades to buy with a target price of 2,300p.
Read moreChesnara shares slip as earnings tumble
29th Mar 2019 11:06
(Sharecast News) - Shares in Chesnara were on the back-foot on Friday, even as it reported a significant improvement in cash generation in its final results to £47.8m, from £28.6m in the prior year.
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