FOCUS: Insurers Eye Emerging-Mkt Buys, Avoid Large M&A Deals

PARIS (Dow Jones)–Europe’s insurers remain in the hunt for small to midsizeacquisitions, with the action likely to center on promising emerging markets inthe East and South, while larger, balance-sheet-straining deals in mature marketswill likely have to wait as companies tread cautiously in the face of the globalcredit crisis.Insurance heavyweights such as Axa SA (AXA), Assicurazioni [...]