What Zurich buying Beazley means for the market – Insurance Post
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Editor’s View: Zurich’s £8.2bn swoop for Beazley is a decisive bet on specialty insurance, which Emma Ann Hughes observes widens the gap between the industry’s supermarket giants and the squeezed middle.
When Zurich and Beazley agreed terms on an £8.2bn all-cash offer on Monday (2 March), the two boards did far more than strike a rich premium for shareholders.
The two insurers fired the starting gun on
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