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TORONTO/LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Canadian firms’ overseas investment in insurers hit a 20-year high this year boosted by Intact Financial’s joint agreement last month to buy British insurance group RSA for 7.2 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) and market participants expect more deals in 2021.
The RSA deal is one of the largest examples of insurers pulling in buyers this year, as a sharp rise in premiums has outweighed hefty coronavirus pandemic claims.
International deals in insurers involving Canadian investors rose to $11.6 billion in 2020, the highest in at least two decades, according to data from Refinitiv.
That places Canadian investors as the third biggest investors in insurance deals, behind the UK and the United States, according to the data. Last year, Canadian investors were the fifth largest in the space.
Canada Reports 20-Year High in Overseas Investment in Insurance M&A
Canadian firms’ overseas investment in insurers hit a 20-year high this year boosted by Intact Financial’s joint agreement last month to buy British insurance group RSA for 7.2 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) and market participants expect more deals in 2021.
The RSA deal is one of the largest examples of insurers pulling in buyers this year, as a sharp rise in premiums has outweighed hefty coronavirus pandemic claims.
International deals in insurers involving Canadian investors rose to $11.6 billion in 2020, the highest in at least two decades, according to data from Refinitiv.