Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance

Our depth and breadth of experience makes us unique in the M&A insurance market. We have the requisite knowledge and experience to customize our solutions for the businesses in each transaction.

2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Claims Report

Why choose AIG for Mergers & Acquisitions Insurance?

AIG has helped buyers and sellers close more than 4,000 deals globally since the late 1990s. Whether you’re on the buy or sell side, our M&A experts work with your team to measure and mitigate your transactional risks, which helps reduce uncertainty and close a deal quickly. We customize coverage to address inaccurate representations, Representation and Warranties (R&W) indemnification concerns in distressed or restructuring deals, and more.

Navigating the complex and dynamic M&A landscape can be especially challenging with the increased emphasis on due diligence and compliance. When it comes to getting the deal done, our brand strength and proven track record have made us the insurance carrier of choice.

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The AIG Advantage

Our local knowledge allows us to build creative, dynamic solutions for individual exposures. We provide our clients with added confidence in their transactions, knowing they’re backed by our underwriting and claims expertise and multinational servicing capabilities. 

Local Insight

When time is of the essence, the speed at which local issues are recognized and processed is paramount. Having regional underwriters who understand local markets is key to efficient and effective M&A solutions.

Flexibility and Agility

Our unparalleled size and unique global structure make us agile. We respond to our clients’ needs and accommodate their deal timelines by drawing on our internal capabilities and expertise.

Trusted Experience

We have one of the largest global M&A teams of any insurance carrier. Many of our specialist underwriters come to AIG with accomplished M&A careers, including investment bankers, lawyers and tax experts.

Quick Settlement

As a single insurer (not a consortium of insurers), we’re free to take a holistic approach to claims. Our teams manage the process from start to finish and have the authority to settle claims quickly, referring to outside counsel sparingly.

AIG M&A Solutions

We have the capacity to write R&W, Tax, and Contingent Liability policies with limits up to $100M (or currency equivalent), all 100% underwritten by AIG. By providing our clients a straightforward marketplace without multiple decision makers, we provide flexible and swift solutions.

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.

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Coverage can help provide financial protection against loss arising from the successful challenge by a tax authority of tax exposures identified during a purchase or sale.

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Coverage to help reduce or eliminate risk exposure related to the business of the seller or buyer arising out of a merger and acquisition.

“There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to due diligence. Buyers should engage experienced outside advisers or have an internal team that understands the industry in which the target operates to help with the process.”

- Elliot Kowalksi, Senior Vice President
Mergers & Acquisitions at AIG (Managing Transactional Risk Roundtable 2020)

Managing Transactional Risk Roundtable 2020 (PDF)

2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Claims Report

Brokers: Meet Your AIG Team

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What is Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance?

M&A and transactional risk insurance products are a set of protections that help both buyers and sellers understand and mitigate the risks associated with the consolidation of companies and their major assets. With the right kind of coverage, businesses can proceed in complex transactions with greater confidence knowing they’re backed by claims expertise.

The scenarios described herein are offered only as examples. Coverage depends on the actual facts of each case and the terms, conditions and exclusions of each individual policy. Anyone interested in the above product(s) should request a copy of the standard form of policy for a description of the scope and limitations of coverage.