Blog: Starting gun fired on JMG deal
The question isn’t so much who would want JMG – because frankly who wouldn’t – as what type of deal is coming? Emmanuel Kenning ponders the options.
Last week Insurance Insider revealed JMG Group has appointed Evercore with a deal being eyed up.
While JMG declined to comment when approached by Insurance Age brokers have been speculating with names coming up in the chatter.
I’m not a betting man, but if I had to place a wager it would actually be on something different, a private equity investment, probably to sit alongside Synova, with the JMG management team led by Nick Houghton keen to go again on expansion.
So indulge me as I set out five
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