|
region |
First half 2022 |
Second half 2022 |
2022 |
2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Americas |
132 |
104 |
236 |
224 |
|
Europe |
67 |
60 |
127 |
125 |
|
your father |
27 |
33 |
60 |
42 |
|
from him |
16 |
8 |
24 |
17 |
|
worldwide |
242 |
207 |
449 |
418 |
As indicated above, all regions reported an increase over their corresponding full-year numbers in 2021, while only Asia-Pacific recorded a higher number in the second half of 2022 than in the first half of the year.
Meanwhile, the total of 449 is highlighted as the highest since 2012’s 444. In 2009, the number of completed insurance mergers and acquisitions worldwide was 573.
Commenting on this, Eva Maria Barbosa, group head of corporate and advisory at Clyde & Co, said in an emailed statement: “Despite the return of inflation, and the measures taken by central banks to restrict liquidity, deals that were suspended during the pandemic continued to appear in Market In 2022, maintaining the uptick in deal-making that started in the previous year.
However, looking ahead, the underlying trends suggest mixed investor sentiment. Dealmakers in the Americas and Europe are showing an increasing sense of caution as they shift into wait-and-see mode in the face of market uncertainty, which is likely to lag overall transaction volumes.
In contrast, investors in the Asia-Pacific region in general have been slower to regain confidence after the pandemic, but have put that reticence behind them with a steady and growing trend of rising deal numbers. Reopening China’s borders after lockdown restrictions will only boost confidence in the region in general. Larger “.
Meanwhile, of the more than 400 deals last year, 19 were valued at more than $1 billion. These so-called “mega deals” are expected to return in 2022 compared to the previous year (25), to return in 2023, according to Clyde & Co, whose report includes a section on opportunities for uncertainty to breed.
It has been noted that insurers that reallocated strategic investments last year are now in a good position to reallocate capital for acquisitions when the time is right.
“There is still a lot of capital to be deployed and there is likely to be no shortage of M&A targets,” Barbosa emphasized. “As investor sentiment improves, ambitious insurers, particularly at the higher end of the market — as well as private equity firms — will move to seize these opportunities.”
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