Liberty GTS Releases M&A Claims Report

Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has released its 2021 M&A claims briefing, based on the company’s analysis of its own M&A insurance claims for the past decade.

The report examines M&A insurance claims by industry, region and cause and gives detailed data about the types of deals and from which industry are most likely to lead to a claim.

Key findings of the report include:

COVID-19 has not led to the predicted surge in ‘buyer’s remorse’ claims ‑ but it has fundamentally changed the M&A risk landscape

Claims are being made more quickly after policy inception. Fifty-seven per cent (57%) of claims were made in the first 12 months of the policy period in 2020, up from 48% in 2019