M&A News
Swiss Re Unit Increases Life Insurance Holdings with $2.5B Guardian Buy
Swiss Re's business unit Admin Re is acquiring Guardian Holdings Europe Ltd. from buyout firm Cinven for 1.6 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) to increase its portfolio of U.K. life-insurance policies. ...
Zurich May Have Backed Away, but RSA CEO Expects Other Bidders
RSA Insurance Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester said the company will attract bids from other suitors after Zurich Insurance Group AG abandoned its 5.6 billion-pound ($8.7 billion) ...
Zurich Insurance Ends Proposed RSA Bid to Address China Hit and Unit Loss
Zurich Insurance Group AG on Monday abandoned its proposed $8.7 billion bid for British insurer RSA Insurance Group PLC after forecasting a $200 million loss in its general insurance business in the ...
Fosun Reportedly Negotiating to Snatch Up RSA’s Middle Eastern Business
Fosun International Ltd., the conglomerate founded by Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang, is in advanced discussions to acquire RSA Insurance Group Plc's Middle East business, people familiar with ...
P/C Insurance M&A Is Growing Rapidly With No Sign of Letting Up
Clyde & Co. and A.M. Best quell any remaining doubts about the return and acceleration of high-profile insurance/reinsurance M&A deals in two new reports. What's more, while transactions are ...
Reinsurers at Monaco Meeting Question Pricey M&A in Wake of Amlin Deal
Global reinsurance executives who met in Monaco questioned whether a frenzy of mergers in Europe means buyers of Lloyd's of London insurance companies are paying too much. Deal-making will continue ...
Swiss Re CFO Predicts Some Will View Outsider Reinsurance Takeovers as ‘Adventuresome’
Some takeovers in the reinsurance industry by investors from outside the sector may ultimately be viewed as "adventuresome," the chief financial officer of reinsurer Swiss Re said. The reinsurance ...
Towers Watson Embraces the Cloud with $15M Canadian Tech Company Acquisition
Towers Watson will buy up a Canadian tech company for more than $15 million. The deal is designed to boost its insurance technology/cloud computing offerings for property/casualty carriers as well as ...