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US life insurance company Symetra Financial Corp said it agreed to be bought by Japan’s Sumitomo Life Insurance Co for about $ 3.8 billion in cash.
Symetra shareholders will receive $ 32 per share in cash at closing, plus a previously announced special dividend of $ 0.50 per share in cash, payable on 28 August.
Sumitomo Life, Japan’s fourth-largest life insurer by assets, was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Tokyo and Osaka.