Acquisitive insurers underperform in 2016: WTW

The share prices of insurers that struck significant acquisition
deals last year underperformed their non-acquisitive peers for the
first time in six years, according to research from Willis Towers
Watson (WTW).
WTW's Insurance M&A Performance Tracker, which the company
compiles in partnership with Cass Business School in London and
data provider Mergermarket, analysed the share performance of
companies which conducted insurance M&A transactions worth at
least $50mn.
The performance trac