M&A
Zurich Insurance CFO Quinn: ‘We Don’t Exist to Do M&A’
Zurich Insurance has no plans for a big merger, it said on Wednesday, despite speculation of a pick-up in dealmaking in the industry and that the Swiss company could get involved. The insurer's ...
American Family, Main Street America Group to Merge
On Friday, Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group and Florida-based The Main Street America Group announced that their companies will pursue a merger. The combined equity of the ...
Innovators Putting Italy on the InsurTech Carrier Map
A former carrier executive, a strategy consultant in the InsurTech space and a banking expert are teaming up to launch the first InsurTech carrier of the Italian market. Andrea Battista, the former ...
U.S. Customers Not Widely Aware of InsurTechs Just Yet: J.D. Power
InsurTechs may be trying to transform how carriers, brokers and agents do business, but customers aren't widely aware of their existence just yet, J.D. Power has determined. J.D. Power's 2018 U.S. ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Disses ‘Overpriced’ M&A Market, Lloyd’s Underwriting Practices
Don't expect Chubb to pursue an acquisition anytime soon. Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg repeatedly downplayed the possibility of one in what he referred to as an "overpriced" market. "The prices ...
Munich Re CEO Predicts 2018 Turnaround, Would Welcome Anchor Investor If Approached
Munich Re would welcome a long-term investor taking a significant stake in the company as the world's largest reinsurer eyes a return to profit growth this year, its CEO told Reuters. Joachim ...
Multiples Parties Were Interested in XL Besides AXA, Filing Reveals
According to details revealed in a public filing Monday, two parties approached XL Group for potential tie-ups before AXA started to pursue a deal—and seven, in total, were interested before AXA ...
Fidelity National Strengthens Title Insurance Biz With $1.2B Stewart Information Buy
Financial services provider Fidelity National Financial Inc said on Monday it would buy insurer Stewart Information Services Corp in a $1.2 billion deal to strengthen its residential and commercial ...