Alistair Lester
CEO Private Equity & M&A EMEA at Gallagher; M&A insurance specialist with nearly 30 years in deal risk solutions including W&I, tax, and litigation insurance for PE and corporate transactions.
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Jun 23, 2026
Alistair LesterGUEST
The notification rate is probably somewhere between 20% to 30% across the portfolio.
Alistair LesterGUEST
Claims settlements where there's actually a payment in terms of volumes rather than in terms of loss ratio is probably in the 10% range, 5% to 10% range.
Alistair LesterGUEST
So The statistics will show you that most of the claims settled remain relatively modest.
Alistair LesterGUEST
So single digit millions of claims, even on larger deals, they tend to be broadly dominated by financial statements.
Alistair LesterGUEST
So some misrepresentation or disagreement in the financial statements of the target company.
Mark GaganHOST
Are any of those going to become another new strand of business that you're particularly excited about? So as I