Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance News

Aon Targets M&A Market with Intellectual Property Assessment Offering

Insurance broker Aon has launched the Quality of Intellectual Property (QoIP) Solution that is designed to help companies receive higher transaction value by specifically articulating the quality of the seller’s IP portfolio in the M&A and capital markets. QoIP is …

Liberty Mutual Forms Global Transaction Solutions Unit, Taps Bamford to Lead

Liberty Mutual’s Global Risk Solutions strategic business unit has centralized its mergers & acquisitions (M&A) insurance offerings with the formation of Global Transaction Solutions group (GTS). The creation of GTS is intended to simplify access for brokers and buyers to …

Gateway-Acentria of Florida Acquires L&S Insurance of Fort Lauderdale

Gateway-Acentria Insurance has merged with L&S Insurance and Financial Services, Inc., based out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. L&S is a full service independent insurance agency specializing in personal lines coverage, such as home, auto, flood and more. The current L&S …

XL Catlin Expands M&A Insurance Product Suite, Adds New Staff to Global Team

XL Catlin has expanded its suite of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) insurance products aimed at supporting deals in the global transactional risk market, and has further strengthened its global team with three key hires. The coverages are designed for both …

LIU, Huntersure to Offer Transactional Liability Insurance

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) and program administrator Huntersure LLC have partnered to offer transactional liability insurance. This program will offer coverages for representations and warranties, tax liability (including tax opinion and tax credit), and contingent liability. Underwritten by Huntersure and …

ERMI Launches Pollution Protection Product for M&A Transactions

Environmental Risk Managers, Inc. (ERMI) has announced a new product to address exposures related to business & property transactions. The Mergers, Acquisitions, and Pollution Protection (MAPP) product combines representations & warranties (R&W) insurance with pollution liability insurance. R&W insurance is …

Breckenridge Insurance Forms New Company for Transactional Liability Market

Breckenridge Insurance Group has formed Vista Insurance Advisors, a new company for the transactional and mergers & acquisitions market offering various coverage options. Vista Insurance Advisors is led by Chief Executive Officer Thomas Dowd based in New York. Dowd has …

Brown Named Marketform’s M&A Insurance Global Practice Leader

Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced the appointment of Robert Brown as the Global Practice Leader of its Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance operations. He joins to lead the team of experienced M&A specialist underwriters and lawyers who are already in …