Warnings of market peak amid wave of ‘hot’ insurance broker deals

Consolidation at a tipping point amid surge in valuations, leading industry figure says

Insurance broker McGill eyes $1bn of Irish hub business after Brexit switch

Dublin unit allows firm to continue to offer services to clients in Europe

Arachas plans to double size in five years after takeover

Dublin-based insurance broker to be rolled into UK brokerage group Ardonagh

Companies more worried about recession than new virus outbreak

World Economic Forum study finds prolonged global recession considered the greatest threat

Aon to buy Willis for nearly $30bn in insurance mega-deal

All stock deal will create world’s largest insurance broker

Pessimistic sentiment over climate change and trade grips business

Davos 2020: Rise of populism and future of capitalism also high on worry list

Starwood Property Trust prepares to sell €530m Dublin office portfolio

CBRE and Eastdil Secured hired to sell portfolio of central Dublin offices

Republic slips in ‘best countries to do business’ ranking

Country graded in 11th place out of 161 economies, down from eighth spot last year

Marsh & McLennan buys UK insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson for €4.8bn

Shares in JLT soar 32% on back of move which values firm at about €5.5bn

MMC plans to hire 100 people at new Dublin innovation centre

Project will bring together firm’s data and analytics operations across business units

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