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Swiss insurer picks up German unit

Royal & SunAlliance is continuing its asset disposal program with the sale of its thriving German affiliate Securitas to Swiss insurer Baloise. The sale put an estimated $170 million into the kitty. R&SA also announced last week it will close a large number of local offices and cut 100 jobs – enough to save what a spokesman described as a “seven-figure sum”.