The company said it has taken a majority stake in Cardif Pinnacle, a pet insurance-focused subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, and is buying Chicago-based Figo Pet Insurance LLC, beginning a series of investments in the sector. The prices weren’t disclosed.

Old Mutual Group Ltd. plans to make acquisitions within the next five years to boost its market share in the West Africa region, where insurance penetration still has significant headroom for growth.

The transaction, which involves Cigna’s businesses in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand as well as its interest in a joint venture in Turkey, comes months after Chubb was repeatedly rebuffed in its bid to take over Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. for about $25 billion.

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The Chinese insurance giant is working with financial advisers on the potential sale, which could value Founder’s life insurance unit at as much as $1 billion, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.

Resolution and Allianz have been working with advisers on a deal that could be announced as early as this week pending regulatory approval, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The transaction would affect roughly $6 billion in liabilities that would be ceded to Resolution Life, which is run by former GE Insurance executive Clive Cowdery, they said.

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In other news: Cowbell Cyber releases API; Discount Tire, Motorq offer data analytics platform; and Roamly announces new hire and expansion plan.

In other news: Breeze's new hire; Guidewire acquires HazardHub; New York Life partners with Empathy.

In other news: Nexar partners with New York’s Black Car Fund and Hannover Re collaborates with ExamOne.