Acquisitions boost insurers’ performances

March 4, 2014 by Warren S. Hersch

Analysis of major acquisitions completed by global, publicly traded insurance companies between 2008 and 2013 shows the acquirer’s share price has outperformed the insurance industry average by 4.2 percentage points in the short term.

The analysis was extracted from the ongoing Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM) compiled by Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW) in partnership with Cass Business School.

In addition, acquiring insurers’ short-term share-price outperformance compared favorably to a similar analysis that assessed more than 3,800 deals that were measured against performance of the global MSCI index across all sectors over an equivalent time period.  Click here to read…

Originally Posted at LifeHealthPro on February 26, 2014 by Warren S. Hersch.