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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington

LV= chairman to step down after failure of sale to US firm

LV= sign on HQ in Bournemouth
The firm failed in December to win support from members for a plan to sell itself to private equity firm Bain Capital. Photograph: Russell Hart/Alamy

The mutual insurer LV= has launched a boardroom clear-out following the high-profile failure of its management to sell the company to a US private equity firm last year.

The 197-year old firm, which failed in December to win enough support from its members for a plan to sell itself to Bain Capital, said its chairman would step down from the start of April, while three other directors would also leave.

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