Insurance M&A to increase in 2017: Clyde & Co

The conditions are right for an uptick in insurance sector
M&A in 2017 after a lull last year, with corporate downsizing,
Brexit and protectionism among the key drivers, according to Clyde
& Co.
In a report the law firm noted that completed insurance M&A
transactions fell by 13 percent in 2016 to 387, with the number of
deals declining by 7.5 percent in the second half to 186. That made
it the quietest six months in three years.
The firm...