Boston Consulting Group Associate interview questions

Case 1: A new CEO of a Food Manufacturing company loves the idea of leaning out the company through retrenching its staff. Currently,the company has 20,000 employees and he is planning to lean it buy 10% in 6 months. He is planning to offer a Voluntary Separation Scheme to his employees that apply and successfully leave the company. How would you go about this? What would you recommend him to do? Case 2: The government of a country with a population 5 million people is planning on introducing a mandatory private health insurance to every citizen in the country. The population of the country will grow to 15 million in 5 years. Currently, a bank with 10% market share is thinking about acquiring a TPA (Third Party Administration) which would help grow their market share to 30% in 5 years. The TPA will assist the bank in handling all insurance administration as well. Should the bank do this? What factors would you include in solving this?