Analysis – Page 4
-
AnalysisACE buys Chubb for $28.3bn in a bid to become global property and casualty insurance leader
ACE shareholders will own 70% of the combined business with Chubb shareholders owning the remaining 30%
-
AnalysisWillis Towers Watson $18bn merger is projected to achieve billions in revenue
Willis shareholders will own 50.1% and the combined company will be named Willis Towers Watson.
-
AnalysisWhat are the business risks of investing in Russia?
As sanctions were imposed on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis, capital has flown out of the country and M&As have dwindled. With sanctions likely to remain in place for a while, should businesses stay away or will ignoring Russia as an investment destination prove a short-sighted strategy?
-
AnalysisSNCF given green light to acquire sole control of Eurostar
Approval is conditional on compliance with commitments meant to facilitate the entry of new rail operators
-
AnalysisDWF to merge with insurer Watmores
The merger will strengthen the law firm’s insurance, rail and local authority capabilities
-
AnalysisThe key business risks of the rising M&A trend in Central and Eastern Europe
As foreign investors look for new investment opportunities, mergers and acquisitions have flourished in CEE. This has clear implications for risk management, compliance and due diligence
-
AnalysisWillis in exclusive talks to buy majority stake in smaller rival Miller
The potential merger will see Willis’s wholesale book move to Miller, while Miller’s existing retail and treaty reinsurance business will transfer to Willis
-
Analysis“There’s still a chance the euro will collapse”
As a tax-ridden, red tape-bound Europe sinks into further economic gloom, small and medium businesses must wait for reform
-
AnalysisJLT poaches seven from Aon to boost its US specialty business
Several of Aon’s senior management team will join JLT, after the latter announced a €63.25m net investment expansion plan for its US specialty business
-
AnalysisJLT Group to merge its Specialty and Lloyd & Partners businesses
Group also sets out US expansion plans in a bid to offer global platform
-
AnalysisXL adds M&A division to financial lines business
Tim Allen heads the new division as the firm predicts increased M&A activity in the coming months
-
AnalysisJLT Towers Re launches expanded Bermuda operations
Former JLT Re and Towers Watson Re operations in Bermuda merged to provide further impetus to JLT Towers Re’s growth aspirations
-
AnalysisLiberty Specialty Markets to offer greater capacity
Liberty Specialty Markets’s recent restructure promises “more capacity and more lines to the European market”
-
AnalysisM&A limits soar amid increased foreign investment
Investors are cautiously pursuing merger opportunities in foreign jurisdictions and pushing insurance limits higher than ever before, says Marsh
-
AnalysisThe key to successful M&A – focus on your staff
M&A research from Cass Business School highlights the importance of keeping the target company’s key staff at the heart of the takeover deal
-
AnalysisAre major corporations buying reputation insurance?
About 95% of corporations have suffered a major reputation crisis in the past 20 years, according to Willis, but adoption of reputation cover has been sluggish
-
AnalysisSolvency II – and now for the hard bit
The Solvency II deadline is looming, with firms now using risk management as an even more vital business tool
-
AnalysisBAE and EADS merger hit by government veto warning
Existing plans to issue ‘golden shares’ to governments would be against European law
-
Analysis“City rooted in culture of short-termism”
Report urges bonus reform to establish long-term relationships
-
AnalysisWarranty & Indemnity insurance gaining greater prevalence in M&As
Growing use of W&I insurance in M&A deals according to CMS study
