Warranty and Indemnity Insurance

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Transactional Risks

Protecting your interests, today and tomorrow

Lockton’s experienced transactional risks team specialise in sourcing effective warranty and indemnity cover and risk solutions to protect your business throughout the transaction process.

Warranty and indemnity insurance acts to indemnify parties involved in a transaction against financial losses that could arise out of a breach of warranty or indemnity in the purchase agreement. Sellers use it to limit their ongoing liabilities and prevent sale proceeds being held up in escrows, allowing them to exit deals cleanly. Buyers use it to make their bids more attractive to sellers and to protect the value of their investment once deals are done.

We work for buyers and sellers in corporate transactions, as well as for the firms that advise them. Harnessing decades of experience and strong insurer relationships, we’ll make sure you get the cover you need to make your deal happen, and to protect your interests in the future.

Back-to-back cover for warranty liabilities – transferring the risks to the insurer. We also source cover known risks identified in due diligence including tax, legal and pension contingencies
Specialist transactional risk insurance knowledge from our global team of corporate lawyers, underwriters and brokers
Scrutiny and detailed analysis of your deal to help you get a better understanding of the risks you face

Advice on how best to structure your agreement to make it more acceptable to insurers
A creative approach to plugging any gaps in coverage, identifying complex risks and helping you access even unconventional insurance markets
A broader perspective that looks past the deal itself, helping you understand your ongoing operational risks and the full spectrum of your corporate risk
Cover for any known liabilities, as well as contingent risk insurance