In recent times, high borrowing costs, worries about the economy, geopolitics, and social inflation, and, for corporate acquirers, the allure of deploying capital into the hardening market, had crimped insurance company acquisitions. By contrast, insurance agency acquisitions continued apace, led by private equity firms. However, conditions are coalescing for a broader pickup in insurance mergers and acquisitions and this page will show you how to keep up to speed with the latest developments.

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The biggest P&C insurance-sector acquisition closed in January 2016, when the-then ACE bought Chubb Corp for $28.3 billion.

Other double-digit-billion P&C deals have included AXA’s unexpected purchase of XL Group for $15.3 billion, which closed in September 2018.

In broking, Aon and Willis Towers Watson’s proposed record-breaking $30 billion merger was abandoned in 2021 after Department of Justice intervention. However, Aon in April 2024 completed its $13 billion purchase of market specialist NFP from Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, with the earlier-than-expected close triggering a $400 million discount to the original price.

Recent mergers in insurance have also included Truist Financial Corp.’s deal to sell the remaining 80% of broker Truist Insurance to Stone Point Capital and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, at an enterprise value of $15.5 billion.

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