Small Business Insurance Market Primed for Consolidation
If heavy competition breeds consolidation, then the property/casualty small business insurance market is ripe for it in the coming years. Both large and small insurers devote lots of attention to the...
View ArticleTaiwan’s Cathay Financial Completes Acquisition of Conning
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd., based in Taiwan, said it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Conning Holdings Corp. through its subsidiary, Cathay Life Insurance Co, Ltd. Conning,...
View ArticleHow Consolidation Has Changed Crop Insurance Sector: Conning
Crop insurance was once a sector full of smaller players, but a mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A)-driven push for efficiency and scale has left it dominated by fewer and larger carriers, and analysts...
View ArticleHere’s a Shocker: Insurance Industry Reserves Still Adequate
Although analysts at Conning didn’t actually use the word “shocked” in their latest report on the property/casualty industry’s loss reserve position, the title of the report—and the image on the front...
View ArticleAre MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent....
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