In this episode of the Reinventing Finance Podcast, Nikolaus Sühr had the pleasure of talking with a repeat guest, Frederik Wulff, the CEO of Markel Insurance SE (European carrier within the Markel Group) and who is in charge of the European business of Markel about the topic of "InsurTech M&A", a topic Markel is quite familiar with. In the conversation with Nick, they discuss together recent and seasoned cases of M&A in the insurance industry and share thoughts and perspectives on the different industry cases and topics: 📍Challenges at Iptiq around scaling (Acquired by Swissre)

📍Wefox's struggles, repeated pivots and failure to meet expectations

📍The strategic merger of Gothaer and Barmenia, focusing on their complementary strengths and the benefits of strategic alignments and market positioning

📍Ongoing trend and future expectations for broker consolidations

📍MRH Trowe is an example of the success of MGA & Consolidations in the German market

📍How regional market dynamics and international market dynamics can affect strategic decisions in the M&A space

📍M&A Culture & Strategy at Markel and some examples Listen to the episode now! #FinTech #InsurTech #insurance #finance #growth #investment #business #M&A #strategy