Lessons of Claiming a ‘Merger of Equals’ (TRH, AWH, BRK-A)

Posted on: 13, Jun, 2011

Transatlantic Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TRH) and Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AWH) are getting to see the gains and pains of what exactly a “merger of equals” translates to. These two companies have effectively called this a merger of equals as the two will combine in specialty insurance and reinsurance operations. Investors know that both fields can hive big hits when things go their way, but specialty insurance and reinsurance can have a big bite when ...

Tags: financial stocks , mergers and buy outs , awh , brk-a , trh

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