Creating Value in Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions

Andreas Schertzinger

ISBN 10: 3834914541 / ISBN 13: 9783834914545

Published by Gabler Verlag, Gabler Verlag, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This thesis takes up a very acutely relevant topic: 'Do M&A transactions in the European insurance sector create value in the short- and long-term ' After national consolidation of the European banking and insurance markets had p- gressed in the 2nd half of the 1990s, the recent years showed an increasing amount of cross-border M&A especially in the banking sector. This development is surprising in light of the M&A paradox, according to which the rate of successful bank transactions is very low, yet the number of size of completed transactions constantly increases. The current empirical evidence gives reason to devote a comprehensive a- demic analysis to M&A in the European insurance industry. Furthermore, research to this topic area shows a significant industry-specific gap and largely an absence of respective empirical studies. Research concerned with the overall success of European M&A transactions are extremely rare to date, and the state of knowledge on the success of cross-border transactions in the European - surance industry are very limited.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Value in Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions
• Publisher: Gabler Verlag, Gabler Verlag
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3834914541
• ISBN 13: 9783834914545
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 23D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 533 grams

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Synopsis

This thesis takes up a very acutely relevant topic: „Do M&A transactions in the European insurance sector create value in the short- and long-term?“ After national consolidation of the European banking and insurance markets had p- gressed in the 2nd half of the 1990s, the recent years showed an increasing amount of cross-border M&A especially in the banking sector. This development is surprising in light of the M&A paradox, according to which the rate of successful bank transactions is very low, yet the number of size of completed transactions constantly increases. The current empirical evidence gives reason to devote a comprehensive a- demic analysis to M&A in the European insurance industry. Furthermore, research to this topic area shows a significant industry-specific gap and largely an absence of respective empirical studies. Research concerned with the overall success of European M&A transactions are extremely rare to date, and the state of knowledge on the success of cross-border transactions in the European - surance industry are very limited.

About the Author

Dr. Andreas Schertzinger promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Dirk Schiereck am Stiftungslehrstuhl Bank- und Finanzmanagement der European Business School Oestrich-Winkel. Er ist heute als Unternehmensberater für McKinsey & Company, Inc., New York, tätig.