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NewsAnalysts react positively to Aon-WTW-Gallagher deal
Equity analysts have raised share price targets for Aon and provided broadly positive feedback on the $3.57bn Willis Towers Watson (WTW) divestments transaction with Arthur J Gallagher, describing it as making sense for all parties concerned as the overarching Aon-WTW deal takes a significant step closer to the finish line. ...
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Watch now: Close Quarter with Aon’s Amanda Nguyen
Welcome to the latest episode of Close Quarter with Amanda Nguyen , senior managing director at Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, who joined the corporation in 2001.
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Gallagher: WTW acquisitions will not impact tuck-in M&A strategy
Despite agreeing to pay $3.57bn to buy Willis Towers Watson divestments and raising $1.34bn to fund it, Arthur J Gallagher’s management has stressed that its tuck-in mergers and acquisitions strategy will not be slowed down by the transaction.
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Regulators may still require further asset sales as price for Aon-WTW deal approval
An SEC filing by Arthur J Gallagher today reveals that the firm may be required to purchase additional operations of Willis Towers Watson or Aon if it is necessary for securing regulatory clearance relating to the Aon-WTW transaction.
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Willis Re – the other transformational deal of the decade…
The worst kept industry secret was confirmed today with Arthur J Gallagher’s agreement to buy Willis Re in a move that ends more than a year of uncertainty at the reinsurance broker and narrows the gap to the big two of Aon and Guy Carpenter, while also paving the way ...
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Pat Gallagher: reinsurance is the “jewel of transaction” in WTW acquisition
Gallagher has labelled its acquisition of Willis Towers Watson’s (WTW) reinsurance business as the “jewel of the transaction” as the deal propels the intermediary to becoming one of the top three reinsurance brokers.
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Gallagher pays discounted 10x value for WTW’s $1.3bn divestments
Arthur J Gallagher has confirmed it will pay 10x estimated Ebitdac of $357mn to buy the package of divested assets from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) in a transformative deal that it says will add around $1.3bn of revenues and accelerate its global and specialty offerings.
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Gallagher to pay $3.57bn for Aon-WTW divestments
Arthur J Gallagher will pay $3.57bn to acquire Willis Re, parts of Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk Broking business in Europe and the US and some health/benefits operations being sold to satisfy European Commission antitrust regulators, in what is being seen as a decisive step towards closing the ...
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Aon: US hail damage results in multi-billion dollar insured losses during April
Insurers are facing a multi-billion-dollar loss related to hail damage following a series of storms during April, broker Aon has warned.
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Aon-WTW – history suggests DoJ will fall in behind EC regulatory approval
The Aon-Willis Towers Watson transaction looks set to pass its biggest test yet with the European Commission reportedly greenlighting proposed remedy packages and announcements on divestments expected in the coming days. Attention will now shift to US antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice.
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Aon retro broker Boon heads to Lockton Re
Expansive reinsurance intermediary Lockton Re has hired Aon non-marine property retro broker James Boon as it continues to build out its retro practice, The Insurer can reveal.
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Report: EC set to approve Aon-WTW remedies with Vestager support
European Commission regulators are set to green-light the divestments proposed for the Aon-Willis Towers Watson transaction with Margrethe Vestager – the EVP responsible for competition policy – said to be supporting the remedy packages, according to a report by The Capitol Forum.
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Aon: NA workers’ comp and cyber pricing spikes even as capacity waits in wings
North American insurance lines that had sidestepped the major price upticks of recent years are now being drawn in, with workers’ compensation and cyber just two of the sectors facing significant increases in Q1, although with potentially $20bn of new capacity set to make its presence felt some stabilisation may ...
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Aon creates EMEA advisory board for M&A and transactions practice
Aon has created an advisory board for its M A and transactions solutions practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Aon: Adjusted public D&O rates up 30% in Q1
Aon’s US public D O pricing index has increased 56 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2021 although the increase drops down 30 percent when adjusted to remove initial public offerings (IPOs) programmes, which skewed this year’s figures.
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A $1bn Willis-Gallagher Re will narrow the “big two” gap…
Despite public statements to the contrary, in the 14 months since the Aon-Willis Towers Watson (WTW) deal was announced it has never looked likely that the big three would narrow to a big two led by a giant with a 50 percent market share of the estimated $5bn reinsurance broking ...
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Aon: First-quarter cat bond issuance down 32% on Q1 2020
The $2.57bn of property cat bond limit placed in the first quarter of this year was the third highest Q1 issuance in the past 10 years but below the $3.75bn seen in the same period of 2020, according to a new report from Aon Securities.
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Aon-WTW deadline pushed back to August by EC as divestments loom
The European Commission (EC) has again extended the deadline on its investigation into the Aon-Willis Towers Watson (WTW) combination as divestments in the tabled ~$30bn transaction are expected to be revealed this week.
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Aon hires Gallagher’s Greening as healthcare practice chief broking officer
Aon has appointed Audrey Greening, Heather McClure and David Eiermann as senior members to its national healthcare practice, joining from Gallagher, OU Health and Berkley Health, respectively.
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Aon: rate increases on large, complex umbrella/excess moderated in Q1
Data from Aon has confirmed that average rate increases for large, complex umbrella/excess casualty accounts in the US eased back from 61 percent in Q4 2020 to 44 percent in the first quarter of this year, representing a “marked improvement” in the marketplace amid signs of increased competition.
