UnitedHealth pauses plan to sell Brazilian insurer Amil

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is reportedly shelving a plan to sell its Brazilian insurance business Amil, which it bought a decade ago for nearly $5 billion. Reuters, citing undisclosed sources familiar with the situation, said that Minnetonka-based insurance giant has been trying to unload Amil for months, even offering to take a loss on the sale. But regulatory issues, plus stock weakness in some of the most likely suitors — chiefly other health care companies in Brazil — have made…
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