Mergers and Acquisitions

The reasons behind the activity may vary widely and common rationales include seeking economies of scale and distribution, creating cross-selling opportunities, purchasing market share, exploiting shared synergies and more effective tax effectiveness.

Mergers and acquisitions deals are usually considered successful when both the buyer and the seller (or companies merging) emerge from the negotiations having fully taken into account the price paid, created value for their shareholders, the realisable benefits and aware of the potential risks.

Mergers and acquisitions insurance is a highly specialised field of cover that specialises in smoothing and facilitating the M&A process. It does this by transferring to an insurance policy certain potential risks to the transaction that are already foreseen, or might surface at a later date.

Any company considering a merger, acquisition or restructure might consider specialist Mergers and Acquisition covers.

AIG R&W coverages help protect buyers or sellers in M&A transactions from financial loss in the event of a breach of representations and warranties made by the sellers.

Its purpose is to provide a "guarantee of the warranties" granted by the seller in the assignment agreement.

This site only contains an overview of the most important coverages and exclusions. Only the general and specific conditions (“Insurance Policy”) provide an accurate, binding, description of the covers and exclusions. It is necessary to fully analyse the Insurance Policy, as well as all other relevant documents with contractual and pre-contractual information before any decision to buy, underwrite, adhere to, accept, sign or conclude an insurance agreement.

Important information

Here you will find information about how to request a quote with detail of premium calculation, the general and specific conditions, and/or other relevant documents with contractual or pre-contractual information, the duration of the insurance policy, the applicable law and jurisdiction, how to file a complaint or reach the ombudsman, etc.