Itau Unibanco in final talks to sell high-risk insurance unit
July 02, 2014 at 10:36 AM EDT
SAO PAULO, July 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian lender Itau Unibanco Holding SA is in exclusive talks with a potential buyer of its high-risk corporate insurance unit, with the roughly $1.5 billion real ($678.7 million) transaction set to close as early as this week, according to a securities filing on Wednesday.