WEBINAR - Mergers and acquisitions – key insurance issues

Module Objectives Content and Learning Mergers and acquisitions – key insurance issues New session for September 2021 This session looks at some of the insurance issues faced during a client merger or acquisition and explores some of the insurance solutions available.

• Be aware of the key insurance considerations during a client merger or acquisition

• Understand how additional liabilities may be acquired • Know the additional insurance products available to deal with M&A risks

• Types of M&A – management buyouts, private equity investment, acquisitions of new subsidiaries, refinancing • Common insurance issues seen in a M&A o Past liabilities that may be acquired (e.g., TUPE, environmental)

o Run -off issues (PI, products) o D&O issues (change of control clauses, run-off)

o Asset cover between signing and completion (contracting purchasers’ clauses, BI)

• Checking a sale/purchase agreement (SPA)

• Transaction liability products (W&I, Tax Indemnity, Legal Opinion)

• Legal indemnities (e.g., restrictive covenants, lost documents)