Head of M&A Insurance Due Diligence

Overview

As Head of M&A Insurance Due Diligence, you will create and lead a new practice within a well-capitalised M&A insurance group. You will own the advisory process, build a team, and establish relationships with clients and deal teams. You will develop the methodology and infrastructure to deliver high-quality due diligence across target programmes, coverage gaps, and uninsured exposures, guiding buyers, sellers, and advisors on risk transfer. The role offers commercial autonomy, a clear runway to grow headcount, and meaningful LTIP alignment to the practice’s long-term success. This is a high-impact, entrepreneurial leadership opportunity in a strategic area of M&A activity.

Pay / Benefits

• LTIP participation

Responsibilities

• Create and lead the Insurance Due Diligence practice for M&A deals
• Own the advisory process and drive high-quality due diligence deliverables
• Recruit, develop, and manage the practice team; build client relationships
• Review target insurance programmes, identify coverage gaps, quantify uninsured exposures
• Advise buyers, sellers, and their advisors on risk transfer strategy
• Coordinate delivery across private equity, corporate M&A, and legal advisory communities
• Represent the business at senior levels and contribute to product development and market positioning
• Build infrastructure and methodology to scale the practice
• Participate in LTIP aligned to the practice’s long-term success

Key requirements

• Substantive experience advising on insurance due diligence in an M&A context
• Background from broking, risk advisory, or insurance management
• Leadership with track record of building or growing a practice
• Strong client relationship and deal-team engagement capabilities
• Commercial mindset with ability to operate with autonomy

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• strategic thinking
• insurance due diligence in M&A
• review of insurance programmes
• risk transfer strategy

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