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Each week we ask our readers for input on current industry issues. This week's question:
Insurance broker mergers and acquisitions in 2009 dropped 40% from the previous year, according to Hales & Co. What do you think will happen to M&As this year?
• The number will increase—there are some great deals out there for buyers.
• The number will decrease—there's still too much economic uncertainty.
•The market will stay level with last year's activity.
We want your opinion! Take AA&B's poll here.
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Poll results from January
1. In terms of fatalities, which was the deadliest earthquake in the last 50 years?
• Chimbote, Peru, May 31, 1970 — 70,000 fatalities
• Tangshan, China, July 27, 1976 — 255,000 fatalities (29% of respondents answered correctly)
• Sumatra, Dec. 26, 2004 — 227,898 fatalities
• Pakistan, Oct. 8, 2005 — 86,000 fatalities
• Eastern Sichuan, China, May 12, 2008 — 87,587 fatalities
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
2. What will be the biggest insurance stories in 2010?
• Healthcare reform — 59%
• Financial services reform — 7.5%
• Market conditions — 7.5%
• Catastrophes — 7.5%
• Economic developments — 18.5%
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