Canadian property and casualty insurer Intact Financial will acquire Axa’s Canadian business, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Toronto-based firm will pay $2.66 billion for the acquisition. Intact plans to fund the deal with $517.1 million cash, through the issue of $827.4 million of stock and $1.34 billion of credit facilities. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year.
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