CEOs Get Merger Bonus When Selling Firms Cheaply

In about one in every four deals, the CEO of an acquired firm is awarded a merger bonus. Also, target shareholders receive inferior premiums when their firms are sold, while their CEOs received a ...

P/C Carrier 2012 M&A Deals Nosedive: Conning

Amounting to just $4.7 billion in aggregate deal value, 46 merger and acquisition transactions announced in the property/casualty insurance sector in 2012 were near record low levels, according to ...

Insurers to NFL: Defense Denied. At What Cost?

Defense Denied. That was the collective response last year from the casualty insurance industry to the National Football League and NFL Properties (the marketing arm of the league)—defendants in a ...