More than 600 insurance M&A deals closed last year. (Credit: Shutterstock)
In MarshBerry's recently released M&A Trends 4Q19 report, researchers summarize the state of the U.S. merger & acquisition market analyzing the most recent data.
Not to much surprise, the insurance distribution M&A market set a new annual record in 2019 with 625 announced transactions following several years of increasing demand for deals. For context, MarshBerry reports that the total number of M&A deals of the last five years (2015-2019) has now exceeded the total of the last 10 years (2005-2014) by 116 transactions (4.6%).
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Danielle Ling
Danielle Ling is an experienced video journalist and business reporter. As associate editor, Danielle manages all multimedia and reports on industry news and risk-related coverage, managing all weather-related content. A University of Maryland and Philip Merrill College of Journalism alum, Danielle previously served as a video journalist for Verizon FiOS 1 News NJ, Push Pause. Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn or email her at [email protected].
