Total insurance industry deals worth $4.7bn were announced globally for June 2021, with AIALimited’s $1.86bn acquisition of 24.99% stake in China Post Life InsuranceLtd being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 91.4% over the previous month of $2.43bn and a drop of 18.6% when compared with the last 12-month average of $5.71bn.

In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a rise of 24.32% with 46 deals in June 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 37 deals.

In value terms, Asia-Pacific led the activity with deals worth $3.63bn in June 2021.

insurance industry deals in June 2021: Top deals

The top five deals accounted for 69.6% of the overall value during June 2021.

The combined value of the top five deals stood at $3.23bn, against the overall value of $4.7bn recorded for the month.

The top five insurance industry deals of June 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) AIALimited’s $1.86bn acquisition of 24.99% stake in China Post Life InsuranceLtd

2) The $467.37m acquisition of CommInsure by Hollard Insurance Group

3) CommerzVentures, EQT Growth, FTV Capital, Munich Re Ventures, Octopus Ventures and Willoughby Capital Management’s $350m venture financing of Bought By Many

4) The $300m acquisition of SafeAuto Insurance by Allstate

5) HDFC Bank’s acquisition deal with HDFC ERGO General InsuranceLimited for $257.18m.