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Pricing Insurance M&A Deals: Disputes Minimized With Deep Dive Due Diligence
Post-acquisition disputes are triggered by a myriad of issues between the buyer and seller, with most revolving around purchase price adjustments. The genesis of purchase price adjustment disputes, ...
Esurance, Walmart Team Up for Auto Insurance Discount Program
Esurance is launching a pilot program offering auto insurance discounts to customers at select Walmart stores in Illinois. Through the pilot program, drivers may obtain a savings card from Esurance ...
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 ...
Fitch Analyzes 2012 P/C Carrier Results
Although the aggregate operating results for a group of large publicly traded property/casualty insurers improved markedly in 2012 compared to 2011, individual carrier performance remains "below par" ...
The Greenberg Interview: Spitzer, AIG, Bailout, Foreign Trade and More
The near-collapse of American International Group (AIG) in 2008 came about because of the scare tactics and political ambition of one man—then New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, according to ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...
Too Much Analysis Primes Whistleblower Suits: Lawyer
If your company uses a detailed analytical process to arrive at projections of growth or earnings, that process may make you particularly vulnerable to shareholder suits when forecasts don't pan out, ...
U.S. Reinsurer Results 2012
Source: Reinsurance Association of America For more information, see related article, "RAA: U.S. Reinsurers Had Higher Premiums, Improved Underwriting Results in 2012."