Companies with a view to pursuing strategic acquisitions often
look for opportunities in the insurance M&A market.
This pattern may continue despite the challenges that projected
market volatility and uncertainty may have on deal activity in the
third quarter of 2020 and into the New Year.
It remains to be seen how the industry will reinvent itself and
influence the "new normal", but there is speculation that
after a short pause, a return to M&A deal activity may be just
around the corner.
There are four ways to acquire any Bermudian-based company:
merger, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement or share purchase.
Regardless of the avenue chosen to effect the deal, substantial
transactions involving Bermuda insurance companies are often tagged
as "subject to regulatory approvals".
