Coventry Health Buys First Health Group
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company
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UnitedHealth Group, the largest US health insurance company, has said that it will spend $300 million in cash to buy Definity Health, a smaller health technology company specializing in plans that allow consumers leeway in directing their medical spending
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Coventry Health Care Inc. on Thursday said it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in stock and cash as it looks to expand its geographic reach and keep pace with rivals.
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Plus, Sun's investors in the dark, trouble at Marsh & McLennan, and Coventry revives First Health.
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Latest licensing deal signals a move into the health-care arena.
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Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP, a London-based buyout firm, agreed to buy UK vacation and insurance company Saga Ltd. for 1.35 billion pounds ($2.
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Premier Foods, the owner of brands such as Branston Pickle and Ambrosia Cream Rice, buys fellow food company RHM for Â£1.2bn.
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Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. operator of homes for the elderly, said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, becoming the latest health care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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GNC Corp. , the leading retailer of vitamins and nutrition products, agreed to be acquired by Ares Management LLC and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in a deal with a total enterprise value of $1.65 billion.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals Inc. , an operator of acute care facilities in rural areas, outlined a deal yesterday to buy rival Province Healthcare Co. for about $1.1 billion in cash and stock.
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CVC Asia Pacific, a buyout firm, said it had agreed to buy the DCA Group for 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.3 billion) to gain control of an Australian provider of hospitals for the elderly. CVC will pay 3.50 Australian dollars for each share of DCA, 35 percent more than the stockÂs price on Sept. 8, when DCA said it had received takeover offers. DCA owns 229 X-ray clinics and 6,000 nursing home beds, mostly in Australia. CVC Asia is owned by Citigroup and CVC Capital Partners of London.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. said on Monday it will acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to expand in the fast-growing Las Vegas area and boost its Medicare business.
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British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. is to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds (1.97 billion US dollars).
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Financial group HHG today announced the Â£1.03 billion sale of its UK life insurance business, which includes the Pearl and London Life brands.
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Manor Care Inc. &lt;HCR.N&gt;, the largest U.S. owner of nursing homes, on Monday said it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, the latest health-care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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Share in healthcare conglomerate Australian Pharmaceutical Industries surged more than five per cent in early trade today after the company moved to boost its retail pharmacy operations by acquiring health, beauty and lifestyle retailer New Price Retail
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Coventry Health Care, the Bethesda-based managed care company, yesterday announced it has signed an agreement to acquire health benefits services company First Health Group Corp.