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PARIS and LYON, France , Nov. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

After refocusing its activities around insurance distribution and carrying out

an in-depth transformation of its business model since its acquisition by CVC

Capital Partners in 2019, enabling the group to return to a high level of

performance, the APRIL Group announces that it has signed a long-term strategic

partnership with global investment firm KKR. By teaming up with KKR, APRIL,

which is already one of the leading insurance brokers in Europe, is preparing

to accelerate its development and digitalization in the markets for borrowers,

health and personal protection, niche property and casualty, international

health insurance and wealth management in France and internationally.

With a turnover of Euro544 million in 2021, double-digit growth dynamics for

2022 and a nearly 20-point rise in its NPS, the APRIL Group has completed its

transformation, achieving its objectives more than a year in advance. Building

on this upward trajectory and its position as the French leader in wholesale

insurance, the group has decided to take its ambitions to the next level and

secure the means to become a key player at an international level.

To support this new stage of growth, the APRIL Group will now be supported by

KKR, which, as a majority shareholder, will bring its global expertise in

insurance and financial services.

The transaction will be subject to the usual legal and regulatory approvals.

"The APRIL Group was created 35 years ago by a visionary entrepreneur. After a

great collaboration with CVC Capital Partners, April recovered its original

strength. Our aim is to continue the history of this great company and to make

it a French champion on a global scale. This next chapter will be enabled by

the management team, our 2,300 employees, and KKR, for the benefit of our

partners and policyholders," states Eric Maumy, President & CEO of APRIL Group.

Over the past 3 years, the APRIL Group has reinvented itself:

- Organic growth of +8% in 2021 thanks to substantial work on products in

France and worldwide across all its markets - loan insurance, health / personal

protection, casualty niche insurance, international medical insurance - and

entering a new market, property insurance, through the acquisition of

Magnacarta;

- Improvement in customer experience, as recognised by 24-point NPS;

- Returned to its position as an industry leader, with all actors mobilised

around the liberalisation of the loan insurance market;

- Strengthened digital and technological capabilities, with the creation of the

dedicated APRIL X hub and the acquisition of ELOA and Comparadise;

- 800 employees recruited in 3 years;

- International expansion, with offices opened in Germany and Dubai.

About APRIL

APRIL is the leading wholesale broker in France, with a network of 15,000

partner brokers. The group's 2,300 staff members aim to offer their customers

and partners – individuals, professionals and companies – an outstanding

experience, combining the best of human relationships and technology, for

health and personal protection for individuals, professionals and VSEs; loan

insurance; international health insurance; property and casualty niche

insurance; and asset management. By 2023, APRIL aspires to become an agile,

omnichannel, digital operator, a champion of customer experience and a leader

in its markets, while committing to the social responsibility goals in its

Oxygen programme. The APRIL Group operates in 17 countries and recorded

turnover of Euro544m in 2021.

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SOURCE: APRIL Group