Insurance mergers and acquisitions are a powerful tool for corporate acquirers. They provide, variously, greater market share, niche expertise, access to new geographies, technology, high-margin or high-growth segments, capital and operational efficiencies, and more. For private equity investors, both insurers and brokers offer relatively stable cash flows throughout economic cycles. Intermediaries are capital light and can be consolidated, while balance-sheet insurance businesses come with long-term capital. Read on to learn more.
In recent times, high borrowing costs, worries about the economy, geopolitics, and social inflation, and, for corporate acquirers, the allure of deploying capital into the hardening market, had crimped insurance company acquisitions. By contrast, insurance agency acquisitions continued apace, led by private equity firms. However, conditions are coalescing for a broader pickup in insurance mergers and acquisitions and this page will show you how to keep up to speed with the latest developments.
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What are the largest insurance acquisitions?
The biggest P&C insurance-sector acquisition closed in January 2016, when the‑then ACE bought Chubb Corp for $28.3 billion.
Other double-digit‑billion P&C deals have included AXA’s unexpected purchase of XL Group for $15.3 billion, which closed in September 2018.
