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What is Transactional Risk Insurance and
what does it cover?
Transactional Risk Insurance (TRI) generally covers the risk of breached representations
and warranties in an applicable sales purchase agreement (SPA) or transaction between two parties.
There are different types of Transactional Risk Insurance
policy which can be purchased:
Warranties & Indemnities
Protects against liabilities arising from a breach of the representations and warranties set out in a Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA).
Title
Protects against losses arising from missing deeds or enforcement by local authorities where work lacked requisite consents.
Tax
Protects against tax liabilities or breach of tax covenants which might crystallise post completion of a transaction.
Environmental
Protects against pollution clean-up obligations and third party liabilities from a seller’s real estate interests and historic operations.
Contingent
Contingent liability insurance offers cover for an identified legal risk allowing a part to reduce or eliminate an exposure
Insolvency
Policies allowing Insolvency Practioners to give no warranties to the buyer of distressed assets
There are additional areas of coverage available in a Transactional Risk Insurance policy, not included as standard which Insurers will charge an additional premium for. Elmore recommends the following covers are included when seeking quotations:
Synthetic Warranties
Given directly from insurer to insured under the policy if the seller does not give a indemnity.
US Style Policy Enhancements
EU Insurers are now offering wide coverage offerings providing more all-risk type policy coverage..
New Breach Cover
This covers breaches that both occur and are discovered or disclosed in the interim period between signing and closing
Elmore Transactional Risk Insurance USP’s
Cyber & Tech Focus
Thinking outside the box
Delivering pioneering results
Operational Risk Experts to
ensure control frameworks in place
Claims arising from Transactional Risk Insurance
The top cause for warranties to be breached relates to financial statements, compliance with laws and material contracts, which is consistent with warranty claims historically.
Transactional Risk Insurance Due Diligence
To optimise the potential for success of any acquired business, the financial parties should satisfy themselves that it will have access to adequate and appropriate protection against liabilities that might accrue after completion of the transaction.
If the past, present and future insurance protection for targeted companies are not adequate or appropriate, investments will be exposed to unnecessary levels of risk.
Keeping your data secure
We take cyber security seriously and are one of the few in the insurance industry to certify with Cyber Essentials.
Implementation of Cyber Essentials controls can significantly reduce the risk of prevalent but unskilled cyberattack.
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