Mergers & Acquisitions

The phrase "mergers and acquisitions" (abbreviated "M&A") refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance, and management dealing with the buying, selling, and combining of different companies. The act of combining different companies can often aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry increase its rate of growth, without having to create another business entity.

Darr Schackow Insurance understands that your company is growing rapidly. A merger or acquisition may be in your near future, and you would like to ensure that the path that you choose to grow your business is a sound one. In a corporate merger or acquisition, Darr Schackow Insurance will provide due diligence by performing a close examination of the books to analyze both the assets and liabilities of the company you're looking to purchase or usurp.

Key services may include:

• Review of financial impact of the cost of insurance risk
• Quantifying post closing insurance costs for all lines of coverage
• Statutory compliance support
• Identification and quantification of contingent liabilities and liabilities assumed via purchase agreements
• Accrual evaluation and quantification
• Purchase and sale agreement analysis/ successor liability issues
• Appropriateness of pre- and post-closing program
• Benchmarking the competitive status of employee benefit programs
• Identification of liabilities and plan design improvement opportunities
• Employee benefit plan transition issues
• Compliance with collective bargaining agreements
• Rollout and execution of new employee benefit plans
• Design and implementation of compensation strategies
• Descriptions of benefit plan designs
• Recommendations for deal negotiations, bank credit agreement, and purchase agreement language

Don't let your company be caught off-guard by the complicated aspects of M&A. Contact Darr Schackow Insurance today for a free quote!