Insurance: Top 10 Takeaways from 2021 and Q1 2022
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Key takeaways:
- 2021 marked the return of significant transactions across the insurance space, with both acquisitions and disposals and a number of substantial reinsurance transactions to de-risk portfolios and release capital. Q1 2022 has seen a slight decline in this activity from a high-point in Q4 2021.
- Keen private equity appetite, despite lingering concerns from regulators, has continued to drive activity across the sector.
- There is heightened regulatory focus on transactions generally and especially run-off transactions, as well as further regulatory activity following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.