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CEOs reveal secrets of merger success

17 March 2010

Leaders on a CEO panel at the World Insurance Forum expressed concerns about successfully pulling off integration mergers.

Read more: World Insurance Forum Neill Currie Ted Kelly Brian Duperreault

Leaders on a CEO panel at the World Insurance Forum expressed concerns about successfully pulling off integration mergers. Speculation about potential mergers and acquisitions is increasing, with Bermudian firms Max Capital and Harbor Point recently announcing a merger.

“It is interesting to me all the talk of M&A,” said Neill Currie, CEO of RenaissanceRe, who was moderating the panel. “Investment bankers are lurking behind every pot plant in Bermuda.”

Currie added that RenRe has only...


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