UK Gives Crawford the Go-Ahead to Begin Integrating with GAB Robins

The ongoing sell-off of third-party administrator and managed care firm GAB Robins took a step forward this week when United Kingdom regulators lifted a ban on the company integrating its London operations with Crawford and Co. The UK Competition and Markets Authority is still reviewing Crawford's acquisition of GAB Robins, but has given the companies a green light to begin working as one entity "earlier than anticipated," according to a Friday press release. "The CMA review has meant, in line with standard practice, we have been prohibited from acting together as one...