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Mergers & Acquisitions Insurance

In today’s deal environment, speed, certainty and protection matter more than ever. As private equity firms, corporates, and strategic buyers pursue acquisitions across borders and sectors, risk transfer solutions are playing a more prominent role in enabling clean exits and confident investment.

Whether it’s a tax indemnity for a cross-border carve-out or representations and warranties insurance for a portfolio bolt-on, transactional risks insurance allows buyers and sellers to move quickly while mitigating potential liabilities. 

At Price Forbes, we work with brokers across the globe offering a collaborative wholesale model to help you secure coverage, strengthen deal terms, and elevate your client offering. 

Risk Solutions for Mergers & Acquisitions

We support brokers placing transactional risk cover for private equity sponsors, institutional investors, strategic buyers, family offices, and corporates. Key solutions include:

  • Warranty & Indemnity / Representations & Warranties (RWI)
  • Tax Liability Insurance
  • Contingent Risk Insurance
  • Environmental Liability (Transaction-Specific)
  • Litigation Buyout Cover
  • Prospectus and Capital Markets Insurance
  • View all Transactional Risk solutions

Why partner with Price Forbes?

We support transactional placements with discretion, speed and specialist structuring insight.

  • Truly international reach – We partner with brokers globally on multi-jurisdictional transactions.
  • Deep transactional expertise – Our team understands legal deal structures, cross-border tax, and the strategic use of insurance in the M&A process.
  • London & Bermuda access – We secure capacity for challenging placements, often beyond the reach of local markets.
  • Collaborative wholesale model – We work behind the scenes to support your client strategy and enhance your submission.
  • Deal-driven delivery – We match your pace and confidentiality requirements with underwriter engagement and issue resolution.

Mergers & Acquisitions Insurance

Frequently Asked Questions

Warranty & Indemnity (or Representations & Warranties) insurance protects against breaches of representations in an M&A deal. Buyers often purchase it to reduce reliance on seller indemnities, while sellers use it to secure clean exits.

Tax insurance can cover identified exposures such as loss of a deduction, recharacterisation of a transaction, or challenges by tax authorities. It provides certainty for deal parties where tax risk may otherwise delay or block completion.

These policies are highly bespoke and can cover litigation, regulatory matters, warranty claims, pensions, or IP issues that threaten the value of a transaction.

Yes. With the right information, policies can be structured and bound in line with deal timetables. We work at the pace of the transaction.

Yes. We work across buyouts, carve-outs, SPACs, IPOs and secondary transactions, helping brokers secure the right coverage for the deal profile.

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