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True Independence
October 3, 2019 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorIf your brokerage generates good cash flow and has a good book of business, there’s a chance that an insurer or private equity firm will want to buy you. If they do, is your brokerage no longer independent?
Canadian M&A ahead of last year as private equity, outbound deal activity increases through Q3: PwC Canada
November 8, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorThe number of Canadian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) through the third quarter of this year increased to 1,879 from 1,522 during the same period in 2016, according to PwC Canada’s first Deals report, released on Monday. A PwC Canada spokesperson…
Insurance-related M&A activity explodes, insurance company moves in Canada high: OPTIS Partners
April 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterOPTIS Partners has likened recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity among U.S. and Canadian agencies selling p&c insurance and employee benefits to an explosion, with the 178 reported transactions in 2017 Q1 dwarfing the 115 deals in the prior-year quarter.…
Continued consolidation in Canadian broker and carrier spaces could create absence of mid-sized players: KPMG conference speaker
December 7, 2016 Jason Contant, Online EditorThe continued consolidation in both the insurance broker and carrier spaces in Canada could create an absence of mid-sized players, a speaker suggested on Wednesday at KPMG’s 25th Annual Insurance Conference in Toronto. “You could see a creation of an…