The AA has 17 million customers. Photograph: ZarkePix/Alamy View image in fullscreen The AA has 17 million customers. Photograph: ZarkePix/Alamy Insurance industry AA could face £5bn takeover move by German insurer Allianz, reports claim Breakdown recovery group’s private equity owners reportedly in talks with various suitors to sell company
Prefer the Guardian on Google The German-based financial services company Allianz is considering a £5bn takeover swoop for AA, the breakdown recovery group, Sky News has reported.
Allianz was one of a small number of parties holding talks with advisers to AA about a deal, Sky News said, adding that the private equity outfit EQT was another bidder.
AA was founded by a group of motoring enthusiasts in 1905 and known in Britain for its yellow recovery vehicles. AA’s private equity owners have been pursuing a dual-track process for most of this year, with the alternative to a sale being a public listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Back in 2020, AA was taken private by its private equity investors TowerBrook and Warburg Pincus, having been floated on the stock market in 2014.
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The Financial Times reported last year that AA was considering a £5bn sale and was seeking buyers.