All articles by Ben Dyson – Page 64
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Online onlyTowergate's results explained
How Towergate performed in the five key areas we highlighted last week
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Down, but not out
Consolidators looking for easy pickings among independents feeling the effects of a struggling economy should think again
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Online onlyCooper Gay hungry for speedy private equity deal
CGSC needs capital to expand while flotation plans remain longer-term objective
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Online onlyAon’s $5bn share buyback spells cashflow confidence
Analysts believe the broker’s move of headquarters to the UK will free up capital
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Online onlyIs the private equity model broken?
Private equity firms’ appetite for buying insurance companies appears to be undiminished. Yet there are signs that, in the present difficult economic climate, such business arrangements can come unstuck
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Online onlyToby Esser, CGSC
Having achieved his ambition of becoming boss of a global reinsurance and wholesale broking giant, Toby Esser is looking for his next big deal
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Online onlyFive things to look for in Towergate's results
The consolidator reports its full-year numbers next week, which should provide some interesting insight into the company
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Choose your private equity partner wisely
Insurance companies are still popular with private equity investors. But it’s not aways win-win
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Online onlyChief execs forecast another tough year
Overcapacity will mitigate rate rises, says Liberty’s Rocks
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Online onlyWhat next for Brit Insurance?
Brit chief executive Mark Cloutier explains the significance of the QBE deal and what his company plans to do next
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Spain brings fresh stock woes
Previous eurozone optimism was a ‘false dawn’ – trouble is far from over for AXA, Allianz, Aviva
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Online onlyEquity Red Star took £113m cash injection
Sister company EIG signed off two loans in 2011
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Online onlyCooper Gay eyeing acquisition targets
But an IPO must be put on ice until market improves
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Online onlyEquity Red Star: behind the numbers
The firm’s latest Companies House filing shows the company still has much work to do
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Towergate could bolster access to Lloyd’s with Cobra acquisition
Competition comes from Cobra boss Burrows but Towergate expected to fight hard
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Online onlyHastings Group names its three steps to flotation
‘We will be ready’ when market is receptive and valuation is right, says Fitzmaurice
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Online onlyOmega takeover will give Canopius scale advantage
Offer of 65p a share is ‘reasonable’ in face of falling NTA and expected further losses
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Canopius/Omega - second time lucky?
Executive chairman Michael Watson has been told the funds are there for the right deal
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Omnibus II vote: good and bad news
The proposed changes to Solvency II have finally been voted through.
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Online onlySoftware lets brokers offer an aggregator-like service
Durell’s Web-link system is aimed at helping brokers compete with comparison sites
