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Warranty & Indemnity Insurance: becoming a staple in M&A transactions

The use of warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I insurance) has grown in recent years to the stage where it has now become a standard feature of the private mergers and acquisitions landscape. W&I insurance can play a key role in pulling a deal together, not just by reducing the seller's exposure to a claim, enabling the seller to have a cleaner exit, but also by narrowing the range of commercial issues in contention and thereby potentially expediting transactions.

Here we take a brief look at what W&I insurance is, what's being seen in the market and how it can help both the buyer and seller get their deal across the line.