In November 2011 Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a global property and casualty reinsurance, announced that it had agreed to sell to Alleghany Corporation, ending with “buy more desperate battle” of 2011, which focused on competitors, National Indemnity Warren Buffett, and private investors. The agreement with Alleghany came after the failure of the efforts of the transatlantic merger of equals, and several unsuccessful bids for the company, which was hostile.
by
Clayton Rose,
Aldo Sesia
Source: Harvard Business School
34 pages.
Release: July 27, 2012. Prod #: 313017-PDF-ENG
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. – The Belle of the Ball case resolution
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