Press Releases

Chicago, IL – 9th  November 2023 Fusion Specialty Americas (“Fusion”), today announces the appointments of Natasha Richard, Renay Gosen and Michelle Yohe, effective immediately. Richard joins as Senior Partner, M&A, Gosen as Senior Associate, M&A and Yohe as Senior Associate, Underwriting & Legal Operations Support. Their appointments further strengthen Fusion’s representations and warranties (R&W) capabilities. […]

            Technology veteran will lead the Group’s data & technology strategy to pioneer the global digitisation of M&A and specialty insurance SYDNEY, 4 October 2023: Pop Group Holdings (“POP”), a leading investor in M&A and specialist, data and technology-enabled insurance businesses, today announces the appointment of Shannon Murphy as Group Chief Information Officer. As Group […]

London, 31st August 2023 Fusion Specialty (“Fusion”) today announces the promotion of Samuel Shirley to the dual role of managing partner, M&A, Fusion Specialty UK, and global chief underwriting officer, M&A (CUO), effective immediately. Samuel played a pivotal role in launching and establishing Fusion’s UK operation, joining as a senior partner in 2022 from Aviva, […]

Madrid – 3rd July 2023 Fusion Specialty Europe (“Fusion”) today announces the launch of its Southern Europe Branch in Madrid, and the appointment of Filippo Cibin as Partner, effective immediately. Cibin will lead the expansion of Fusion into Southern European, as part of its continued growth strategy across European insurance markets. Cibin has exceptional experience […]

Chicago, Sydney – 21 June 2023 Fusion Specialty (“Fusion”), the global boutique M&A and specialty insurance services group, today announces it has promoted Michael Federer (“Mike”) to the role of CEO, Fusion Specialty North America, and Katherine Simmonds (“Katie”) to the role of CEO, Fusion Specialty, International. The appointments add additional bench strength to the […]

POP Group Holdings is delighted to have been recognised in The Australian Financial Review’s Fast Global list as Australia’s second highest achieving company for international growth.   Fast Global celebrates Australian companies that are delivering real commercial growth in international markets, calculated on growth in revenue generated overseas over the past three years.   Read an […]

Today, POP Group Holdings celebrates its five-year anniversary! In this time, we’ve developed from a start-up company to a growth-stage global boutique M&A and specialist insurance group, enabled by data and technology, with our first external investor joining the share register recently.   We managed to achieve a few firsts: Fusion was the 1st APAC […]

Experienced C-Suite leader will spearhead the Group’s vision to revolutionise the M&A and specialty insurance marketplace SINGAPORE, 1 June 2023: Pop Group Holdings (“POP”), a leading investor in M&A and specialist, data & technology-enabled insurance businesses, today announces the appointment of Sergei Korol as Chief Operations & Finance Officer. Based in Singapore, Korol will be […]

George Apperly – io.insure Josh Cowen – Fusion   The world of mergers and acquisitions is constantly evolving. The process, speed of execution and complexities of transactions has only increased over time. Few young M&A practitioners now would believe that a data room was not so long ago an actual physical room full of boxes […]

David Rogers, Co-Founder and Executive Partner of POP Holdings (including Fusion and io.insure), spoke to Seyfarth Shaw LLP in its “Into the Breach” podcast about an innovative approach to underwrite Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI). With an emphasis on technology and efficiency, io.insure recently launched Mio© – the world’s first online M&A insurance product for […]

Sydney, London, New York, Chicago, December 7, 2022: Fusion Specialty, a leading specialist M&A managing general agent (MGA), and io.insure, the M&A tech pioneer, today announced the global launch of Mio, the first M&A insurance online for small- to mid-sized businesses, to address the significant risk protection gap in the SME market. Backed by A […]

POP Holdings Group is honoured to be recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing young companies on the Australian Financial Review’s Fast Starters list for 2022.   This award win reflects POP Holdings’ organic journey of growth from the Australian headquarters in 2018, expanding across Asia, the UK, the EU and the US. POP, which […]

Exceptional times call for exceptional experts. Brian Hayes, Managing Partner of Fusion Americas, is featured in Financier Worldwide Magazine’s 2022 Power Player series as one of the definitive voices of the transactional risk and insurance market. With nearly 20 years of global financial lines insurance experience, including six years in underwriting representation & warranty insurance […]

Newly appointed M&A industry specialists with extensive legal and warranty & indemnity insurance experience   Hong Kong/Singapore, 20 October 2022 – Fusion, a specialty insurer providing innovative insurance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the appointments of Hui Ling Wong as Senior Partner, and Yen Lin Ee as Partner, in Mergers and Acquisitions […]

London, 20 September 2022 Fusion Specialty, a leading global M&A insurance specialist that is transforming the insurance experience for small to midmarket businesses, today announces the appointment of Oliver Berridge who joins Fusion Specialty UK as director accompanied by Yinan Guo who joins as associate. Arriving shortly after the launch of the UK division, Berridge […]

M&A activity is on the rise across the U.S. Check out the article linked below to learn how Representations & Warranties coverage can help protect your clients’ M&A deals. Managing Partner of Fusion Americas M&A and Financial Lines, Brian Hayes, recently contributed his expertise for a timely CRC Insurance Services article, which discusses the rise […]

New York, 02nd August 2022 Fusion Specialty, a leading Global M&A insurance specialist that is transforming the insurance experience for small to midmarket businesses, today announces the appointment of Richard Liu who joins Fusion Americas as Partner following the businesses’ recently announced launch. Liu assumes his role with immediate effect and will report to Brian […]

Fusion Specialty expands global M&A insurance footprint with senior industry hires for launch in the London market   London, 27th June 2022 Fusion Specialty, a leading M&A and Financial Lines insurance specialist that is transforming the insurance experience for small and mid-size (“SME”) businesses, has launched Fusion Specialty UK, offering new solutions for M&A insurance […]

  Chicago, 1st June 2022 InsurTech firm io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for SME transactions, today announces its launch in the US with senior level hires Nate Stortzum joining as Managing Partner – ioPartners and Gregory A. de Keersmaeker joining as Managing Partner – ioCustomer Success. The firm, part […]

Fusion Specialty, a leading M&A and Financial Lines insurance specialist that is transforming the insurance experience for small and mid-size (“SME”) businesses, has launched Fusion Americas (“Fusion”), offering new online solutions for M&A insurance in the US, headed by Managing Partner Brian Hayes. In a world first, the underserved SME market will have online access […]

Industry specialists will lead one of the largest M&A insurance underwriting teams in APAC    Sydney, 8 March 2022 – Fusion, a speciality insurer providing innovative insurance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the appointments of three senior executives, Danielle Eliatamby, Lillian Chau, and Sabrina Chia as Associate Directors in Mergers and Acquisitions […]

Katherine Simmonds appointed Managing Partner at Fusion
The M&A insurance specialist joins at a time of unprecedented growth

• Strategic partnership servicing clients in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and Hong Kong
• Partnership offers warranties and indemnities (“W&I”) insurance solutions serving the Private Equity and Corporate mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) marketplace
• Admitted W&I policy form has been pre-approved by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”)
• PRC W&I market is seeing an accelerated increase in demand with premium volume expanding significantly over the last three years in particular.

International private equity firms drive M&A transaction rebound in China and Hong Kong in wake of favourable regulatory changes. Demand for warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance in China and Hong Kong was rising in the three years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, which brought an abrupt but temporary halt to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the region.