For the insurance industry, the need to find new opportunities for sustainable and profitable growth has become imperative. Technology is delivering unprecedented insights at scale, new markets and segments are rapidly created, and new customer value propositions are forming. Insurance leaders recognize that they now have a window of opportunity to innovate and transform their organizations to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in the future. However, insurers know that they can't achieve these objectives through organic growth strategies alone..

The dealmaking landscape has long seen a shortage of women, due in part to gender inequality and issues involving unequal pay, uneven support, and bias. A wave of trailblazing women is working to change the imbalance, however. Through efforts at law schools and business schools, as well as at their own firms, a number of female dealmakers are showing young women that a career in transactional work is possible — and potentially very rewarding. In order to highlight the importance of gender diversity at the dealmaking table, Toppan Vintage commissioned.

M&A is playing a critical role as healthcare companies seek to adapt and thrive in a fast-changing marketplace. Pressure to lower costs and adjust to value-based care models, as well as meet the demands of a technology-driven world, have created a need for buyers to seek healthcare targets capable of evolving within the landscape. At the same time, increasingly complex technologies and aggressive deal timelines present hurdles to acquirers when assessing targets. To better understand the drivers and challenges facing healthcare acquirers, West Monroe.