Marsh’s Transactional Risk team has continued to observe an increase in activity over the first half of 2012 (H1 2012). Placed policy limits for H1 2012 stand at US$2.3 billion, a 35% increase on H1 2011. Our teams in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Americas have seen growth, fuelled by an increase in the average limit of insurance being placed per transaction and solutions becoming increasingly used on larger transactions. The largest deal that we have worked on this year to date had a transaction value in excess of US$5.5bn.

Key drivers for clients purchasing insurance remain largely the same. Sellers seeking clean exits and introducing a buyer-side policy into the auction process, and US corporates taking a cautious view when investing overseas still feature prominently.

In this issue of our Transactional Risk Update we discuss:

• The placement of the largest representations and warranties (R&W) insurance policy in South Africa
• The placement of a specific tax liability insurance policy for a project finance transaction
• The increase in Japanese outbound M&A and what this means for the transactional risk market

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