Impact of insurers' mergers and acquisitions on market share throughout the world
by Sue Copeman

price £295
publication date 15 October 1999

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Comprehensive analysis of the effects of insurers’ M&As on market share

Achieving critical mass in the markets and classes in which they operate is essential for insurers if they are to minimise costs and compete effectively. Lack of growth in non-life insurance and new opportunities for life and associated business in many of the world’s mature markets have given impetus to insurers’ and reinsurers’ mergers and acquisitions.

Impact of insurers’ mergers and acquisitions on market share throughout the world provides information on

• strategies for competing, growth opportunities and the effects of insurers’ and reinsurers’ M&As on market share in specific countries and areas;

• mature and developing markets, including original tables on the market share implications of mergers occurring or proposed during the period 1 January 1998 to 31 August 1999 in the world’s most important markets

• specific insurers that have gone furthest towards becoming not just major players in their national markets but pan European and global groups

• more than 225 transactions in a wide range of areas, looking at the motivation behind the deals

• more than 170 tables providing essential background on markets and transactions

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2: STRATEGIES: Competition; Growth opportunities; Importance of market share; Acquiring market share; Advantages and disadvantages of consolidation; Advantages and disadvantages of other strategies

CHAPTER 3: EUROPEAN MARKET SHARE OVERVIEW: Premium income; Growth; Changing split between life and non-life business; Consolidation; Drivers for M&As in Europe; Effects of M&As on market share; New alliances; Nordic market

CHAPTER 4: MARKET SHARE IN WESTERN EUROPE: Austria - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Belgium - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; France - Overview, Life, pensions, sickness, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Germany - Overview,Life, pensions, health, M&As and market share; Greece - Overview, M&As and market share; Republic of Ireland -Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share;Italy - Overview, Life, pensions, health, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Luxembourg - Overview; Netherlands - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Portugal - Overview, M&As and market share; Spain - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business,M&As and market share;Switzerland - Overview, Life, pensions, health, M&As and market share;UK - Overview,Life, pensions, health, Non-life business, M&As and market share

CHAPTER 5: NORTHERN EUROPE MARKET SHARE: Denmark - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Finland - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Iceland - Overview, M&As in Iceland; Norway - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Sweden - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share

CHAPTER 6: EASTERN/CENTRAL EUROPE MARKET SHARE: Overview; Croatia - Overview; Czech Republic - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share;Hungary - Overview, Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Poland - Overview, M&As and market share; Other markets - Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine

CHAPTER 7: MARKET SHARE IN NORTH AMERICA: USA - Life and health, Non-life business, M&As and market share; Canada - Life and pensions, Non-life business, M&As and market share

CHAPTER 8: MARKET SHARE IN ASIA: Japan -Life and health, Non-life business, Effects of M&As; Other Asian markets - Overview, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,Taiwan, Thailand, Summary of other markets’ developments

CHAPTER 9: AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND MARKET SHARE: Overview; Australia - Overview, M&As and market share; New Zealand - Overview, M&As and market share

CHAPTER 10: MARKET SHARE IN LATIN AMERICA: Overview; Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Uruguay;Developments in other Latin American markets

CHAPTER 11: MARKET SHARE IN AFRICA: Overview; South Africa - Overview, Effects of M&As on market share; Morocco

CHAPTER 12: GLOBAL MARKET SHARE: Incentives for M&As; Global players; Specialist international business; National interests

CHAPTER 13: REINSURANCE MARKET SHARE: Overview; Global business; Concentration of premiums; Drivers for reinsurance M&As; Bermudian activity; Attractive markets; Effects of M&As on market share; Portfolio structures

CHAPTER 14: LLOYD’S AND MARKET SHARE: Increased capacity; Recent transactions involving corporate member groups; Summary of additional transactions

CHAPTER 15: CONCLUSION

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