The latest version of Clyde & Co’s yearly Insurance Growth Report found that the US marketplace was the most active region for insurance M&A activity in 2017.
The report, entitled “Unlocking Opportunity in a Disrupted World,” noted that in the Americas, M&A activity increased 6.6% in 2017 – the only region worldwide to report full-year growth. In addition, the report revealed that 45% of the 20 largest deals in 2017 involved US acquirers.
While the Americas enjoyed full-year growth, it was the European region that saw the most improvement within the year. For the second half of 2017, deal activity in Europe increased 22.6% from the first half of the year; the Americas saw 4.6% growth in the same period.
In addition to listing last year’s results, Clyde & Co listed three key drivers of M&A activity to look out for in 2018: