Mayer Brown represented Nationwide, one of the largest providers of insurance and financial services products in the US, on its acquisition of E-Risk Services, LLC (E-Risk), a privately-held, leading program manager that specializes in a distinguished portfolio of management lines products.

In its press release Nationwide stated that the acquisition enhances Nationwide’s market-leading excess & surplus lines business and also enhances its distribution relationships and shows the company’s commitment to growing its profitable commercial management lines book through E-Risk’s wholesale network. The transaction closed on January 1, 2019.

The Mayer Brown team included partners Stephen Rooney and Colin Carley (both New York) and Ryan Liebl (Chicago).