M&A – Page 47
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NewsCFC’s new transaction liability product presents ‘significant opportunity’ for brokers
With more than 50,000 SME transactions in the UK alone, there is a significant opportunity for brokers in this market, according to CFC’s head of transaction liability
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NewsRSA outlines product growth ambitions following Intact/Tryg takeover
The insurer wants to be ‘a more dominant force’ within the SME market, according to its UK and international chief executive
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IT InterviewScott Egan: There will be ‘no radical about-turns’ in RSA’s strategy following Intact takeover
Instead, RSA’s new owners will help the insurer ‘accelerate our plans’ around ‘outperformance’
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NewsGRP-owned Crotty Insurance buys commercial insurance broker
The deal will help Crotty ‘generate momentum in the Irish broking market’ says GRP
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NewsMGA Kitsune finds new home with car insurance broker
Broker Brightside originally announced last November that Kitsune would be put into run-off for failing to meet specified returns
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NewsQ&A: Davies Group relays broker and insurer incentives for outsourcing end-to-end claims
Davies Group’s head of claims solutions, UK and Ireland Kath Mainon, discusses end-to-end claims with Insurance Times and the benefits of outsourcing to fewer strategic partners
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NewsEthos Broking UK expands East Anglia footprint with third buy this year
The broker’s M&A strategy remains unaffected despite the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsIntact and Tryg complete cash acquisition of RSA
The transaction ‘has delivered attractive, certain value for our shareholders’ says RSA chairman, as Intact promises to ‘build on the well-recognised RSA brands and scale in home and commercial lines’
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NewsArdonagh Group to buy insurance operations from tech firm for $500m
The move will bring ‘two of the last remaining independent outfits of scale together to create the largest privately owned specialty broker in London’, says broker chief exec
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NewsPartners& buys Devon-based broker to boost South West presence
Chief executive Phil Barton says the acquisition aligns with Partners&’s client-first values
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NewsPace of broker consolidation is ‘a cause for concern’ – WTW Networks
Consolidators have been using the Covid-19 pandemic ‘as a bit of a lever to push people’ into considering selling up ‘sooner rather than later’, says regions MD
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NewsArdonagh Advisory buys London-based loss adjusting firm
The deal is ‘vital’ in achieving the SME platform’s ‘strategic growth objectives’
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NewsAston Lark Ireland to buy Brady Burns and Associates
Just one month since its last acquisition, the broker has swooped for another
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NewsSRG appoints managing partner and head of M&A from PWC
The new hire’s approach is ‘highly aligned’ with SRG’s own stance on M&A says group chief executive
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NewsRight Choice Holdings inks deal with motorcycle broker
The acquisition adds ‘greater diversity’ to Right Choice Holdings’s portfolio
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NewsSRG buys Irish liability and property MGA
The MGA is targeting its ‘next stage of growth’ following the acquisition
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News‘Over-rewarded’ scale driving consolidation leads to broking’s ‘worst practices’
Despite the broking market being described as ‘a dangerous place now’, chief exec urges industry to ‘not let the word “consolidation” become the new dirty word’
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NewsGallagher agrees to acquire certain WTW combined operations
The newly revealed deal is part of the proposed regulatory remedy for the pending Aon-WTW merger
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NewsBrendan McCafferty departs Markerstudy’s Brightside
McCafferty originally took up the helm at the broker in August 2018, his departure was under mutual agreement
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NewsPIB Group boosts presence in Channel Islands with latest broker buy
Broker chief executive describes the purchase as an ‘excellent addition to our family’
