Services Management Services

Due Diligence Acquisition Investigations

When a company with assumed or ceded reinsurance operations is being acquired, the purchaser will carry out investigations to help establish the valuation and to detect any exposures which should be known about prior to acquisition.

Working as part of a team of professionals, including lawyers, actuaries, and accountants, we investigate such areas as the nature of reinsurance business written, the basis for loss reserving, the extent of reinsurance coverage, and the adequacy of reinsurance security. Our report forms part of the purchaser's due diligence and will highlight areas of risk which may lead to liabilities being understated or assets overstated.

Our focus is on specific, material technical areas which can affect, for example, the actuarial assumptions and interpretation of statistical data and the purchaser’s view on insurance assets and liabilities where judgment is required.

We work towards pre-established deadlines, report frequently to the client, and, where required, provide our own estimates of the range of outcomes where uncertainties are identified. Our senior personnel are professionally qualified insurance and/or reinsurance practitioners and accountants with substantial experience in the investigation process.

We quickly identify areas where detailed investigation and analysis is needed to give maximum comfort to the purchaser.