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Greek nursing home sector: An untapped opportunity?

The Greek care home sector gets scant support from a periodically hostile government and has yet to attract major interest from large European nursing home groups and investors. Despite this, the population is ageing rapidly and demand for nursing care is growing. HBI talks to two market experts about the pandemic in Greece and the future of the market.
June 17, 2021

CVC buys Greek insurer

CVC Capital Partners is acquiring a 90% stake in Greece-based Ethniki Insurance from National Bank of Greece (NBG) in a deal that values the business at €505m.
April 1, 2021

Darzalas kickstarts pan-Southeast European rehab platform

Darzalas Capital, the investment firm of Ilian Grigorov, has begun the creation of a Southeast European post-acute rehab and elderly care platform with the acquisition of Greece's largest specialised rehabilitation hospital for nominal €1 plus liabilities. We talk to Grigorov.
September 3, 2020

Interview: Arjan Toor, CEO, Cigna Europe

Cigna now describes itself as “a global health service company” rather than an insurer and has reorganised its European operations. Toor has recently been promoted to CEO Europe. He says that the insurer, which has 15% (US$840m) of its revenue in Europe, doesn't want to verticalise through owning primary care providers but wants instead to provide an end-to-end user experience.
July 21, 2020

CVC acquisition ‘would trigger rush of M&A in Greece’

CVC Capital Partners clearly has big plans in Greece. After a slew of acquisitions, it looks poised to up its bid for Ethniki Insurance now that the process has opened up again. HBI talks to a market expert to find out more about a deal which he thinks trigger a wave of activity.
July 7, 2020

COVID crisis will present rollup opportunities in Greece

Greece has never been the most buoyant of markets for healthcare services operators, with limited PMI penetration and problems in the Greek economy limiting out-of-pocket spending. We speak to a Greece-based consultant to find out more about how COVID is affecting this landscape.
July 2, 2020

Bioiatriki founder dies of COVID-19

Evangelos Spanos, the founder of Greece's largest private primary care and diagnostics chain, has died from COVID-19. What's next for Bioatriki?
May 14, 2020
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