As insurers seek to secure profitable growth, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are an increasingly important element of the overall strategy.

Working with many of the largest international insurers and other investors around the world, KPMG's dedicated insurance teams have a full suite of services to guide companies through the M&A process, including structuring and valuation. However, our aim is to begin much earlier, by assessing the full range of options available, to determine whether a transaction is indeed the right approach.

Our firms can help you meet these key goals:

• achieve corporate growth, realizing synergy potential and profit objectives
• release capital and enhancing liquidity from sale of core or non-core business to release maximum value
• optimize share price
• identify a wide pool of potential bidders
• identify value drivers
• safeguard confidentiality
• leverage a vast international network.