All M&A articles – Page 24
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News
MMA gets in gear for £70m Provident buy
Deal on the cards despite UK insurance arm’s £24.2m operating loss
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CCV buys four brokers in a month
CCV to hit £300m GWP by end of year, admits chief executive
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Hyperion to buy Accette Insurance Group
Hyperion grows in Asia through broking arm Howden
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EU warning over insurance sex discrimination
ECJ legal adviser says insurers must not charge men and women different rates
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Reserves running out warns Savage as Lloyd’s profit falls
Savage says reserve releases are drying up, and post-2007 releases ‘will not offer same prop’
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Swinton back on acquisition trail as profits slide 25%
Halpin is eyeing commercial buys ‘that fit with the business model’ while turnover rises 13%
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Companies & Markets
Brit/Apollo and CVC deal could spur further takeovers and mergers
Could a successful takeover break the Lloyd’s deadlock and lead to a flurry of deals in the insurance sector?
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Montpelier CEO: Reinsurers will merge
Montpelier Re boss says mergers will make firms stronger
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FBD and Liberty Mutual interested in Quinn
Anglo Irish Bank, which is owed £2.37bn by Quinn Group, is also in the frame
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Brit deal is ‘a near certainty’ after Apollo teams up with CVC
Offer is 'not a bad price' given Brit's recent history, analysts say
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Giles director Brooke to focus on M&A
Simon Brooke steps down from exec team into new role
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Anglo sets aside €700m for Quinn losses
Uncertainty over Quinn Insurance triggers new provision
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Giles applies for injunction against former employees
Consolidator puts money where its mouth is following recent warning note to current staff
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Bluefin network BPS funds broker deals
Broker Partnership Services adds a dozen brokers and grows revenue
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Parabis backs Argent and Carmichaels merger
Parabis Group says Carmichaels will compliment Argent
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News Analysis
Sale of the century
The rumour mill is in overdrive yet again over a possible RBSI sale as potential bidders, including Berkshire Hathaway, enter the picture. But could its painful losses resulting from the explosion in bodily injury claims have left it vulnerable to a cheeky offer from a savvy investor?
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People & Opinion
Leader: Could Buffett perform a motor miracle?
“Tony and I feel like two hungry mosquitoes in a nudist camp. Juicy targets are everywhere.” So said Warren Buffett of his US motor insurer GEICO, chaired by Tony Nicely, in a letter to shareholders last year
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Bidders line up for NIG as speculation surrounds RBSI
Bank moves to appoint corporate advisers to manage process through a sale or flotation
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News Analysis
Split decision
RSA’s bold bid for Aviva’s general insurance business took the market by surprise. But with the composite insurer model seemingly in decline in the UK, is Aviva just putting off the inevitable?