FOCUS: Insurers Eye Emerging-Mkt Buys, Avoid Large M&A Deals

FOCUS: Insurers Eye Emerging-Mkt Buys, Avoid Large M&A Deals 0 PARIS (Dow Jones)–Europe’s insurers remain in the hunt for small to midsize acquisitions, with the action likely to center on promising emerging markets in the East and South, while larger, balance-sheet-straining deals in mature markets will likely have to wait as companies tread cautiously in the face of the global credit crisis. Insurance heavyweights such as Axa SA (AXA), Assicurazioni Generali SpA (G.MI) and Zurich Fi

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