M&A
Willis and Towers Watson to Merge
Global reinsurance and insurance broker Willis Group Holdings and professional services and analytics firm Towers Watson have agreed to an all-stock merger of equals valued at $18 billion. Upon ...
Sizing Up the P/C M&A Landscape; Analyst Wary of ‘Industrial’ Buyers
A fixed income analyst specializing in the property/casualty insurance sector is growing uncomfortable with a potential trend he sees developing in the M&A landscape—interest in insurance ...
Assurant’s Colberg on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Alan B. Colberg, Assurant Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation in the ...
AXA to Acquire SulAmérica’s Commercial Lines Unit
AXA has agreed to acquire 100 percent of with SulAmérica SA's large industrial and commercial risks insurance subsidiary, SulAmérica Companhia de Seguros Gerais, for 135 million Brazilian real ...
Activist Hedge Fund Slams PartnerRe Board for Rejecting EXOR Bid
Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm run by Tom Sandell, said PartnerRe Ltd. directors hurt shareholders by pushing a merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. rather than talks ...
Moody’s Says Fosun Deal for Ironshore is Credit Negative
Fosun's plan to buy specialty insurer Ironshore is credit negative for both companies, analysts for Moody's Investors Services said on Monday. In an article published in Moody's Credit Outlook ...
Big Data Analysis: Twitter Sentiment Seen Playing Role in IPO Performance
Two researchers at Johns Hopkins University, who have studied the effects of how Twitter sentiment impacts the performance of initial public offerings have found what appears to be a significant ...
Fosun Planning $1B Capital Raise to Fund Insurance Acquisitions
Fosun International Ltd., the Chinese conglomerate that's been buying insurers and property overseas, plans to raise $1 billion partly to fund acquisitions in the insurance industry. The company will ...