Led by $377.78m acquisition of Seguros Y Reaseguros, Ccm Vida Y Pensiones De Seguros Y Reaseguros and Liberbank Vida Y Pensiones, Europe’s insurance industry saw a drop of 9.59% in deal activity during Q2 2022, when compared to the last four-quarter average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 33 deals worth $1bn were announced for the region during Q2 2022, against the last four-quarter average of 36.50 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in Q2 2022 with 19 deals, representing a 57.6% share for the region.

In second place was venture financing with 11 deals, followed by private equity deals with three transactions, respectively capturing a 33.3% and 9.1% share of the overall deal activity for the quarter.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s insurance industry with $951.9m, followed by venture financing deals totalled $70.8m.

Europe insurance industry deals in Q2 2022: Top deals

The top five insurance deals accounted for a 78.4% share of the overall value during Q2 2022.

The combined value of the top five deals stood at $801.84m, against the overall value of $1bn recorded for the quarter.

1) Santa LuciaCompania de Seguros y Reaseguros $377.78m acquisition deal with Seguros Y Reaseguros,Ccm Vida Y Pensiones De Seguros Y Reaseguros and Liberbank Vida Y Pensiones

2) The $276.53m acquisition of 81.3% stake in SA NOSTRA COMPAniA DE SEGUROS DE VIDA by de Seguros y Reaseguros and VidaCaixa

3) Assicurazioni Generali $110.8m acquisition deal for 6.8% stake in Societa Cattolica di Assicurazione

4) The $20.68m venture financing deal with Urban Jungle Services by Eka Ventures,INGKA Holding,Intact Ventures and Mundi Ventures

5) Anterra Capital,Frst Capital,GFC Global Founders Capital,Julien Gigoi,Kima Ventures,Northzone Ventures,Olivier Bonnet,Project A Services GmbHKG and Sam Edelson $16.04m venture financing deal with Dalma