Fewer insurance mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are being completed these day but those that are completed are of a higher value, according to a survey by global broker Willis Towers Watson in conjunction with M&A analysis and information firm Mergermarket. …
Six merger and acquisition announcements in the North American property/casualty insurance and reinsurance sectors in late 2014—and another global deal on the table—may herald a raft of deals in 2015, Fitch Ratings predicted. Fitch analysts took inventory of deals that …
The Travelers Companies’ decision to acquire Dominion of Canada General Insurance, a unit of E-L Financial Corp., for $1.1 billion makes strategic sense, according to analysts. The acquisition now allows Travelers to quickly build up economies of scale for its …
