Success in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) often requires the potential acquirer to identify opportunities....

A significant benefit of a cyber risk assessment during M&A due diligence is that it presents the broadest view of how to value the cyber risk of a target company, while at the same time taking into account that company's current insurance protections.

In this article, we illustrate the sorts of analyses which are possible by looking at a sample of 24 transactions in Europe over the last couple of years across a wide range of EU markets.

The Solvency II Appraisal Value (SII-AV) provides a workable methodology for use in M&A transactions, which is aligned with the way that investors generally view potential target companies.