Global insurance trends

Deals Are On Hold, Says Latest Willis Towers Report

The value of divestment deals plunged to record lows in the first six months of 2020, according to Willis Towers Watson’s Divestment Performance Monitor (DPM), in partnership with the Business School (formerly Cass). As the COVID-19 […]

Insurance Brokers

More Mergers & Acquisitions Activity Ahead, Says Clearwater

Despite reports of a moribund UK economy, the UK insurance sector has proven its resilience, with M&A activity continuing unabated, details Clearwater International. The large-scale consolidation of the UK market, which has been running for […]

News

Aon Report On M&A Activity Now Available

Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, and Mergermarket today released the latest in their continuing M&A Risk in Review report series. This exclusive survey of […]

Insurance Brokers

PIB Group Snaps Up UKinsuranceNET, Looks for More Acquisitions

Online insurance broker UKinsuranceNET has become the 30th acquisition for intermediary group, PIB Group Limited. Established in 2001 and headquartered in a 6,000 square-foot office in the NE of England, UKinsuranceNET began life as an […]

Insurance Brokers

Spain: Howden Broking Acquires 60% of Compensa Capital

International Howden Broking Group (Howden), continues to grow its global employee benefits operation by acquiring a 60% shareholding in Spanish firm, Compensa Capital Humano (Compensa). Compensa operates in both in its home country of Spain and Mexico. The […]

InsureTech

Willis Towers Research Shows UK M&A Activity Still Busy, Despite Covid-19

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dealmaking in the first six months of 2020 was significant but not unexpected, yet regional differences in deal performance and volume revealed by M&A data1 from Willis Towers […]

Business

Allianz BBVA Joint Venture is Good News, Says DBRS Morningstar

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA and Allianz SE announced on April 27, 2020, that they had reached an agreement to implement a strategic bancassurance partnership. The transaction encompasses the creation of an insurance joint-venture (JV) […]