SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Australian travel insurance provider Cover-More Group CVO.AX on Monday said it had agreed to a A$741 million ($551.16 million) takeover offer from Switzerland's Zurich Insurance Group ZURN.S .
Under the deal, Zurich will acquire Cover-More for A$1.95 cash a share, a 48 percent premium to the target's last closing price of A$1.32 on Friday.
It marks Zurich's second acquisition in the Australian insurance market this year. Zurich in March purchased Macquarie Group's MQG.AX life insurance division for an undisclosed sum. = 1.3444 Australian dollars)