Berkshire’s Alleghany buy an M&A non-event for reinsurance market
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Berkshire’s Alleghany buy an M&A non-event for reinsurance market

Fiona Robertson
23 March 2022
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Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of Alleghany and thus TransRe was met by somewhat of a shrug from the reinsurance market, with the corporation’s decentralised way of operating and its complementary nature to Berkshire expected to drive very little difference in competitive positioning overall.

It will be more akin to the joining up of Covea-PartnerRe or even AIG-Validus than it will a deal that effectively removes a competitor and capital from the market – such as more merger-like deals such as XL-Catlin and...

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