Q&A with RSA's Phil Bulgin
Despite media coverage of Asia's restrictive and sometimes protectionist regulatory regimes, the markets remain appealing to foreign insurers. Philip Bulgin, RSA's head of mergers and acquisitions in emerging markets, spoke to Francesca Nyman about Asian M&A, foreign investment and why his firm loves doing business in India.
Do you expect to see much M&A activity in India in the next year, particularly on the non-life side?
There will be some but not a lot. You will continue to see Indian commercial groups that wish to
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