This week we’ve got conversation about synergistic acquisitions, a look at an alternate deal structure, and economic projections – is continued growth on the horizon? Click on an article’s headline to read the full piece. [Read more…]
M&A Weekly Digest – July 6, 2012
This edition of the M&A Weekly Digest features what you need to know about deal structure when selling a business and what CEOs are doing with their cash. [Read more…]
M&A Weekly Digest – October 21st, 2011
The M&A Weekly Digest articles are intended to provide insight on current M&A news but also provide M&A tips for private business owners looking to sell a business. This week we take a look at how private equity firms are a pillar of the economy; why pension funds and now endowments are turning to private equity investments; and how to get the maximum return for your business in regards to deal structure. [Read more…]
Deal Structure Flexibility Will Help You Sell Your Business
It was recently announced that WRM America Holdings, a specialty lines property and casualty insurance and risk management holding company, had agreed to acquire the flood insurance business of Fidelity National Financial for $210 million. Fidelity National Financial’s flood and excess flood business – Fidelity National Indemnity Insurance Company (“FNII”) – will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of WRM America.
WRM, a portfolio company of Aquiline Capital Partners, is a new A.M. Best A- rated specialty property and casualty insurance company created by Wright Risk Management, a respected insurance management company. According to the press release:
“The addition of the largest provider of federal flood insurance through the NFIP to the WRM America family of companies is another step in our continued growth as a specialty lines insurance company, is representative of our dedication to current and future public-private partnerships, and considerably increases our fee-for-service offering,” said William Fishlinger, CEO and Chairman of WRM America.”
So here we have another great example of a synergistic acquisition of a private equity firm’s portfolio company. But what got my attention in this transaction was the deal structure. [Read more…]