China’s Warren Buffett Buys European Insurer for $1.36B

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. picked up Portuguese insurance firm Caixa Seguros e Saude this week for 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion), marking one of the biggest overseas investments in the finance sector to date by a Chinese investor.

In a sign of China’s growing economic clout, Fosun bested U.S. buyout firm Apollo Management International LLP to acquire the insurance arm of Portugal state bank Caixa Geral de Depositos SA, according to a statement on Thursday by Fosun International Chairman Guo Guangchang.

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