Throwback Thursday: Marsh takeover; Autoglass deal
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to April 1980 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when Marsh was preparing to buy Bowring and Autoglass struck an important deal
17 April 1980: Marsh bid preparedMarsh & McLennan sent out documents to UK stockholders about plans to takeover CT Bowring Group.
Post reported: “Doubtless there will be the usual battles between the
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