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Representations & Warranties Insurance
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Navigating Corporate Transaction Insurance
In the world of corporate transactions, risk mitigation and deal facilitation are paramount. One indispensable tool used by both buyers and sellers is Corporate Transaction Insurance (“CTI”). This article and the accompanying presentation by the authors aim to demystify CTI, shedding light on its various forms and highlighting its impact on M&A deals. Especially in the last two decades, CTI has emerged as an alternative to the tools used to secure indemnification obligations in corporate transactions, enabling buyers and sellers to pursue their objectives with greater confidence. For sellers, CTI is a potent tool to attract competitive offers, assuage post-closing anxieties, and reduce clawback risks. Buyers, on the other hand, can use CTI to bolster their bids, safeguard relationships, and secure remedies for unforeseen issues. For both parties, CTI is often used to facilitate successful negotiations and eliminate potential obstacles to closing a transaction, such as protecting against unanticipated and unknown breaches of representations and warranties.The topics covered in this article consist of a primer on the most commonly used CTI, Representations and Warranties Insurance, followed by a brief discussion of other crucial and emerging forms of CTI. Contingent Risk Insurance, Tax Insurance, Environmental Insurance, and Litigation Insurance each play a pivotal role in addressing known risks, ensuring the smooth flow of corporate transactions, and mitigating potential roadblocks that may get in the way of closing a transaction. Each of these types of CTI could be the subject of a longer, more in-depth presentation.We hope this article and our presentation serve as a valuable introduction to this topic, and we have made an effort to incorporate footnotes that refer readers to more comprehensive materials should they wish to explore the subject of CTI in greater depth.
Insurance Coverage for COVID-19. What You Need to Know
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, companies are experiencing unprecedented business interruption losses as they cancel events, curtail travel, and shutter retail establishments in compliance with government mandates and shelter-in-place orders. While some jurisdictions have only social distancing warnings in place, many organizations have voluntarily cancelled events and closed stores to reduce transmission of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. The NBA, SXSW, Apple, and Nordstrom are high profile examples. Supply chains are disrupted, as manufacturers close facilities, cancel orders and postpone shipments.
Insurance Strategies
Insurance strategies with respect to mergers & acquisitions and contracts (specifically for additional insureds and indemnity provisions). PowerPoint slides.
Hacking Through a Cyber-Liability Claim and Related Insurance Issues
This paper and corresponding presentation identify the most common cyber risks, which types of policies are implicated by the risks, and how courts across the country are interpreting the relevant policy language in light of these developing legal issues.
"Top Ten" Insurance Issues for the Business Lawyer: A Guide for hte Non-Insurance Practitioner
At least one member of the Texas Supreme Court has characterized the high-stakes insurance issues coming before the Court as “fiendishly difficult”. Mid-Continent Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 236 S.W.3d 765, 777 (Tex. 2007) (Willet, J., concurrence). This paper attempts to identify and provide a practical guide to some of the more “fiendish” insurance issues that the non-coverage lawyer should appreciate. The business lawyer who understands the unique problems and issues concerning insurance is often in a better position to recognize and take opportunities to advance or protect the interests of his client.
Insurance 101
Every provision of a lease or contract is either (a) restating the rule that would be supplied by the court in the absence of the provision (the “common law”) or is supplied by statute or (b) is expressly shifting a risk from one party (the “protected party”) to the other (the “protecting party”), to the extent permitted by common law and statute. The most common method of risk management are through contractual provisions for (1) indemnity, (2) insurance and (3) waiver of subrogation (aka the “three legged stool”). Neglecting any one of these three risk management legs may result in a failed risk management program.
Insurance 201
Risk allocation provisions are contained in all contracts. They are used in an attempt to assure the intended economic objectives of the “deal.” The success of an entity’s approach to contractual risk transfer can be considered successful if it meets the following criteria: Risks retained are appropriate and affordable; Risk as an element of the overall transaction and negotiation is incorporated at the onset; Indemnity, insurance, and other pertinent conditions are not so onerous that contact negotiations drag on unnecessarily delaying the transaction or necessitating the use of second-rate service providers to accomplish the contract’s purpose; Contractual conditions allocating risk are not so onerous that a court disallows their operation at a future point in time; Insurance requirements are clear, using recognized terms that can be interpreted both at the time the contract is negotiated and in possible future disputes; Insurance and other support for the indemnity is in place when a loss occurs; A thorough insurance monitoring process keeps the transferee in compliance with the insurance requirements; and/or The performance of the contract is monitored and regularly evaluated. Every provision of a lease or contract is either (a) restating the rule that would be supplied by the court in the absence of the provision (the “common law”) or is supplied by statute or (b) is expressly shifting a risk from one party (the “party to be protected”) to the other (the “protecting party”), to the extent permitted by common law and statute. The most common method of risk management are through contractual provisions for (1) indemnity, (2) insurance and (3) waiver of subrogation (aka the “three legged stool”). Neglecting any one of these three risk management legs may result in a failed risk management program.