Specialty Insurance Reimagined
Rising Edge/AMANIKI
Transactional Liability
Appetite sheet
Who we are
We provide bespoke M&A solutions for expanding businesses, both for the buy and the sell sides of M&A transactions.
AMANIKI was launched in April 2019 by Niki M. Demirbilek, a pioneer of W&I insurance in Europe. Niki and her experienced team underwrite tailored M&A insurance products through a broad appetite in terms of jurisdictions and industry segment.
We deliver our multi-lingual (German, Italian, English and Turkish) skilled offering by Underwriters with legal and accountancy backgrounds.We underwrite complex cross-border deals.
Our management, underwriting and claims teams are recognised as leading experts in the transactional liability insurance market. The main tenets of our offering are a market leading underwriting expertise, breadth of appetite, speed of response, and flexibility of service.
We are keen to write a wide spectrum of risks from smaller M&A deals, to larger, more complex transactions. We pride ourselves on our appetite to attach in the primary layer, where we can be most meaningful
The team
Niki M. Demirbilek Founder and General Manager, Amaniki GmbH
Emanuela Mercadante M&A Underwriter
Jutta Woodhall Office Manager
Martin Rauhut
M&A Insurance Analyst
to our clients in demonstrating our values, competencies, and claims expertise.
Rising Edge has acquired AMANIKI in 2024. We are a London-headquartered underwriting agency, delivering innovative specialty insurance solutions through a tech based platform, a data led underwriting mentality, and a prime focus on best in class client and broker servicing.
We have EU presence via a Frankfurt office, to serve our EU/EEA clients and brokers.Since our launch in 2021, we have built a market leading Management Liability offering, led by Yoel Brightman
.
Backing and Rating
We have full delegated authority for up to EUR/GBP 20m capacity fronted by from Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd (rated A- by AM Best) and backed by lead market leading re-insurers.
Appetite sweet spot
We are industry agnostic. Our appetite is very strong for transactions where the Enterprise Value (EV) is up to €350m, and when we are asked to lead a placement, through a 100% layer of up to €/£20m, or where we deploy our capacity on a quotashare basis, ground up.
Claims Capabilities
Owen Dacey Head of Claims and General Counsel
With us, you will not need to call anyone else but our own claims team led by Owen Dacey, one of the most experienced and respected claims professionals in the London Market. Our claims service is built upon the foundations of speed, expertise, partnership, clear communication, accountability, and fairness. We have in-house experience in handling large, small, and intricate claims effectively and with sensitivity. ced and respected claims professionals in the London Market.
Risk appetite W&I
Deal size
We focus on Small and Midcapdeals with values up to €350m.
Policies jurisdiction
Our geographical appetite is Europe and UK, as well as Israel, Turkey, Dubai, Switzerland, South Africa and the Cayman Islands.
Industry
Broad appetite includes complex and cross-border deals and FI business. Our experience includes IT, Tech, Food and Pharmaceuticals, Real estate, Renewables and Infrastructure deals to mention few.
And we now offer Contingent Risk cover
What
makes us different
Our underwriting and claims handling approach is designed to provide clarity, responsiveness, and continuity. We manage claims handling internally under authority delegated to us by the capacity, ensuring consistency from underwriting through to claims resolution.
Where capacity providers are involved, we notify them as appropriate and retain day-to-day handling responsibility unless escalation or specific circumstances require otherwise.
Typically, we appoint a lead claims handler to coordinate the process, with other capacity providers following form. We work collaboratively with clients to address any coverage issues identified during the M&A process and provide clear guidance on the scope of cover we can offer and any exclusions early in the process to avoid surprises at the claims stage.