M&A
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Latest NewsAston Lark promotes internally to fill new integration director role
The candidate aims to ensure ‘operational cohesion’ as Aston Lark continues to buy businesses
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Right Choice Holdings inks deal with motorcycle broker
The acquisition adds ‘greater diversity’ to Right Choice Holdings’s portfolio
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SRG buys Irish liability and property MGA
The MGA is targeting its ‘next stage of growth’ following the acquisition
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‘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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Gallagher 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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Brendan 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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PIB Group boosts presence in Channel Islands with latest broker buy
Broker chief executive describes the purchase as an ‘excellent addition to our family’
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Ardonagh Advisory plans to purchase personal medical and protection broker
The move is designed to complement Towergate Health and Protection’s existing offering
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Top 50 broker buys Ryan Insurance Group
Ryan Insurance Group’s chairman will step down following the completion of the acquisition to pursue other interests
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Briefing: Henderson-Aon deal shows consequences of consolidation
Joe Henderson’s new broker is a direct rival to Aon - and there are consequences
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BMS predicts a record-breaking 2021 for M&A insurance
Broker believes ’M A insurance is definitely coming of age’ as deals using this cover increased by 25% between Q4 2019 and Q4 2020
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RSA takeover set to complete by end of May
As the deal with Intact and Tryg receives regulatory approvals, group chief exec says the business ‘has never been in better shape’, despite paying more than £45m for BI-related Covid claims
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GRP completes Marsh UK Networks buy
The deal marks ‘another important milestone for GRP’ according to its group chief executive, Mike Bruce
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Tesco Bank bags Ageas UK’s stake of underwriting arm
The move also supports Ageas’s recently announced business strategy to focus on its core business
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IT Interview
There’s no strategy to current broker consolidation – Aventum’s David Bearman
Furthermore, MGAs that ‘put growth over profit don’t deserve to have underwriting capacity’, says chief executive
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David Bearman: ‘Our focus will be to build a broking house that will be decade defining’
After 25 years at the helm, the insurance group’s chief executive says the business is ‘just getting started’ as it unveils new brand and restructure
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Briefing: Consolidation could cause culture concerns for broker staff
The rapid-fire of broker consolidation has caused the subject to be placed under the industry’s microscope, with commentators discussing the good, the bad and the potentially ugly…
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Aon-WTW merger comes down to divestment deals
Smaller brokers may be able to pick up bargains as Aon and WTW look to dispose operations to get merger green light
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Mike Bruce: Successful M&A ‘comes down to the quality of the businesses and why you are buying them’
Acquisition strategies need ‘a much more thoughtful model’ than ‘let’s buy everything that moves’ says chief executive
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‘Choosy’ capacity post-Covid could hit MGA consolidation
However, having capacity to back up specialist schemes could provide ‘one more bite of the cherry’ says broker chair
