Insurer ASR hikes 2026 targets on sale of Knab, integration of Aegon Nederland
Adds capital return target in paragraph 4
June 27 (Reuters) -Dutch insurer ASR Nederland ASRNL.AS raised its 2024-2026 financial targets on Thursday on the back of its sale of online bank Knab and the integration of Aegon Nederland bought in 2022.
ASR raised its solvency II ratio target by around 40 percentage points to more than 160% and organic capital creation target to 1.35 billion euros ($1.44 billion) by 2026.
The outlook hike stems from the positive impact from the sale of Knab in February and the successful integration of Aegon's Dutch businesses, which ASR agreed to buy in a $4.9 billion deal in October 2022, CEO and Chairman Jos Baeten said in a statement.
ASR said its total capital returns would consist of a progressive dividend, with mid to high single-digit percentage growth until 2026, and a share buyback of 525 million euros carried out by the end of the forecast period.
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Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz in Gdansk; Editing by Kim Coghill and Milla Nissi
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