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United Kingdom

10Deals, 9 Sep – 9 Oct
$22bnDisclosed value
$10.7bnLargest: Beazley
8Agreed or completed
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Financials / Insurance · CompletedZurich completes £8.1bn takeover of BeazleyThe Swiss insurer has closed the year's biggest London insurance takeover, absorbing the Lloyd's specialist into its Global Specialty arm.
More from United Kingdom
7 Oct · Consumer / Retail pharmacyWeston family's Wittington agrees $8.9bn deal for Boots
1 Oct · Real estateLandsec buys Metrocentre for £516m
29 Sept · IndustrialsRHI Magnesita in advanced talks over 549p-a-share Vesuvius bid
29 Sept · TechnologyJenzabar gatecrashes Main Capital's £231m Tribal deal

Latest United Kingdom M&A deals

All M&A deals of 2026 →
7 OctWittington Investments (Weston family) → BootsConsumer / Retail pharmacyAgreed$8.9bn1 OctZurich Insurance Group → BeazleyFinancials / InsuranceCompleted$10.7bn1 OctLandsec → MetrocentreReal estateAgreedUndisclosed29 SeptRHI Magnesita → VesuviusIndustrialsIn talksUndisclosed29 SeptMain Capital Partners → Tribal Group (business)TechnologyIn reviewUndisclosed25 SeptGenel Energy → Capricorn EnergyEnergyAgreedUndisclosed25 SeptPeel Holdings → Harworth GroupReal estateAgreedUndisclosed17 SeptSoftcat → General Datatech (GDT)TechnologyAgreed$1.1bn16 SeptClearlake Capital → Chelsea FC (Boehly and Walter stakes)Media / SportsAgreed$1.3bn10 SeptAccel-KKR → ElecoTechnologyAgreedUndisclosed