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ARTICLE · 29 JULY 2026

Key W&I Insurance Trends: Why They Matter In Asia Secondaries

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As Asia's secondaries market accelerates amid liquidity pressures and geopolitical uncertainty, warranty and indemnity insurance is evolving rapidly. Discover how broader coverage, rising claims scrutiny, and multi-layered insurance architecture are reshaping risk transfer strategies for sponsors and LPs in GP-led transactions.

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Peiwen Chen
Peiwen Chen
Jarry Tay
Jarry Tay
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Sponsors who build their insurance architecture early will execute faster, distribute sooner and better protect value. That is the central message from the current warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance market. 

Asia's secondaries market is gaining momentum. As fundraising slows amid geopolitical uncertainty and liquidity pressure intensifies, secondaries transactions are an increasingly attractive solution, and W&I use in secondaries has grown in tandem. Every secondaries transaction is, at its core, an M&A event – a transfer of interests in underlying assets backed by warranties. W&I shifts the risk of warranty breaches from selling funds and LPs to insurers, facilitating cleaner exits, preserved commercial relationships and less conflict between GPs and LPs.

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