Warranty & Indemnity Brokers

Name Description
Howden M&A Howden M&A has more than 160 experts across the globe dedicated to M&A insurance. Acting for some of the world's largest investors, they have become Europe's largest M&A insurance broker by deal volume and aggregate deal value. The team not only advises on Warranty & Indemnity insurance but they are the only insurance broker to have expertise advising on Tax, Contingent Risks, Environmental Liabilities and Title insurance, all within the M&A practice. Their advice does not stop at placement, with teams dedicated to Insurance Due Diligence, Lenders' Insurance Advisory and one of the largest Legal, Technical & Claims teams.
Marsh Specialty Ever since acquiring JLT Specialty in 2019, Marsh has been perhaps the largest broker within the transactional insurance space. Certainly one of the largest teams fully dedicated to transactional risks, Marsh have people across the globe. Marsh’s biggest teams are based in New York and London but have specialists in most jurisdictions in order to cover all M&A activity.
Aon Aon’s largest transactional insurance operations are in New York but they also have experienced teams across the globe with the London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Madrid teams being very active within their respective jurisdictions compared to the competition. Aon have been one of the longest standing brokers within transactional insurance.
Willis Towers Watson Willis is a well known broker within the transactional insurance space and has a strong presence in both South Africa and India which are rapidly emerging markets for this line of insurance
Lockton A significant broker that has expanded rapidly over the past few years, Lockton is becoming a strong broker within W&I insurance. Lockton has large teams in New York, London and Denmark but doesn’t yet have the geographical spread to match its rivals.
Paragon Paragon is a small UK based broker but they have a specialised M&A team who have been broking within the market for many years. Paragon has expanded the team by recruiting from the big players such as Marsh and Aon.
Arthur J Gallagher AJG is a large broker of all different kinds of insurance lines. Transactional risk makes up a small part of their wider business but the team is well connected within the market.
Risk Capital Advisors RCA is a specialist broker dedicated entirely to transactional insurance. RCA was founded in London in 2011 and has slowly built up their team - and reputation - in order to become a successful and well regarded broker.
Liva Partners Liva is a small broker dedicated to M&A insurance. They started out in London but have now spread to covering the whole EMEA area.
MRH Trowe MRH is a German broker who does not just specialise in M&A related insurance products. Perhaps one of the smaller players in the market, MRH are very good at broking German deals
McGill & Partners McGill are specialist insurance brokers and transactional insurance is one of the specialist lines that falls within their reemit. Originating in the US, they have recently expanded with an office in London.
BMS Group BMS is a relatively large broker with operations in the US and EMEA. Their foray into transactional insurance is still fairly new but they have an experienced team who have gained BMS a lot of traction within the market.
Atlantic Atlantic are Howden's sister broking firm specifically created for the North American transactional insurance market. As you may expect, their growth within the market has been rapid and they are now considered a large player.
Assured Partners Assured is a US based broker that historically focused on traditional insurance lines but has recently expanded into transactional insurance with tremendous success.
Wiispa Wiispa is a relatively new broker headed up by industry veterans Tim Davidson, Lawrence Dace and Thomas Baker. Wiispa specialises in transactional liability insurance and offers a "risk wrapper" as an innovative way to ensure each transaction achieves the best coverage.
DRW Financial DRW Financial is a financial lines boutique broker focussing on W&I Insurance based in Hanover/Neustadt. DRW Financial has a different approach to the established brokers by sorting the majority of the negotiations at the quoting stage which leads to a much more efficient underwriting process.