transactional insurance News

Liberty Global Names Singh to Head M&A Transactions Insurance Tax Team in London

Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS) has named Jugdeep Singh as head of Tax, based in London. Singh will manage the Liberty GTS international tax liability insurance team for tax risks related to merger and acquisition transactions, restructurings and other bespoke …

Ryan Specialty Group Opens Barcelona Office, Focusing on Transactional Risk Business

Ryan Specialty Group announced it will open an office in Barcelona as the next step in the evolution of the company’s transactional risk business, expanding both geographically and by product offering. This office will be led by Luc Joordens and …

Demand for Transactional Risk Insurance High and Going Higher: Marsh

Use of transactional risk insurance significantly increased in 2018. Policy limits in excess of $1 billion are now available for single transactions as private equity firms and strategic investors increasingly use insurance to reduce the risks associated with mergers and …

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 …

XL Catlin Expands M&A Underwriting Team with Khalidi and Jensen

XL Catlin insurance operations recently added Naveed Khalidi and Michelle Jensen to its team of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) insurance underwriters. Khalidi joins XL Catlin from Allied World Assurance Co., where he most recently held the position of senior underwriter …

AIG Study Shows How, Why M&A Insurance Claims Frequency Is Rising

The frequency of insurance claims surrounding mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is rising as large deals prove risky and the average payout on the most severe category of claims tops $20 million, according to an American International Group, Inc. study. AIG’s …

W.R. Berkley Forms Transactional Division; Names Chubb’s Hein President

W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Berkley Transactional as a division of Berkley Professional Liability Underwriters (BerkleyPro). Berkley Transactional will underwrite transactional insurance products, including representations and warranties insurance, tax opinion insurance and contingent liability insurance on behalf …

RFIB Launches Transaction Solutions Division, Names Wilson as Division Head

RFIB Group Ltd., the international Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker, has launched a Transaction Solutions business with the appointment of James Wilson to lead the division. Reporting to Paul Chilton, chief operating officer, Wilson brings over 12 years’ experience in …

Ironshore Names Aggarwal, 4 Others from Allied World to Global M&A Insurance Team for Americas

Ironshore International has announced its global Mergers & Acquisitions unit will establish an office for transactions in the North and Latin American regions. The Americas team will be led by Navine K. Aggarwal, serving as senior vice president, head of …

Allied World Names Enright, Anderson to North America M&A Underwriting Team

Specialty insurance provider Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings has named Terry Enright and Ryan Anderson to its North American Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) underwriting team. Allied World’s North American M&A platform offers insurance for transactional risks including representations and warranties …