News – July 2015

Ben Dyson on UK General - Insurance Times

20 July 2015

UK General chief confirms approaches from interested buyers

Underwriting agency also has offers of new capacity from insurers

UK General chief executive Peter Hubbard has confirmed that his company has received approaches from potential buyers following repor...

Reading the runes in Insurance M&A *

12 July 2015

This blog appeared in the Eastern Daily Press business section: 24 July 2015

 

Two giant deals in July have maintained a spotlight on the insurance industry. Willis’ merger with Towers Watson, and Ace acquiring Chubb a day later, were both mega deals. Ace CEO Evan Greenberg p...

UK Infrastructure - assets recycling, pricing and deal flow

01 July 2015

The Treasury’s latest National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) report, published in December 2014, puffed the Government’s ‘long term economic plan.’  Big numbers and a long list of big projects in transport, utilities and housing were the order of the day.

According to the report, the ref...