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| HWF; HWF Partners | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Insurance brokerage |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | Will Hemsley, Rebecca Wynne and Adrian Furlonge |
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Transactional risk insurance brokerage |
| Parent | The Ardonagh Group |
| Website | www |
HWF Partners is a global insurance broker with headquarters in London, specializing in transactional risk insurance.[1][2] The firm advises on insurance products used in corporate transactions, including warranty and indemnity insurance, tax insurance and contingent insurance.[2]
The business was launched in 2014 as Hemsley Wynne Furlonge LLP. In 2021, The Ardonagh Group agreed to invest in the business and acquire its trade and assets into a company renamed Hemsley Wynne Furlonge Partners Limited.[3][4] In 2025, Brokerslink added HWF Partners as a specialist affiliate focused on transactional risk insurance.[2][5]
In 2025, HWF supported more than £45 billion of M&A transactions, advised more than 300 clients with targets in over 40 countries, and operated eight offices across Europe and the Middle East.
History
editHWF Partners traces its origins to Hemsley Wynne Furlonge LLP, which was launched in 2014.[3] In March 2021, The Ardonagh Group announced an agreement to invest in HWF. The announcement said that the 17 person team, including founding partners Will Hemsley, Rebecca Wynne and Adrian Furlonge, would join Ardonagh and that the business would continue trading independently under the Hemsley Wynne Furlonge and HWF Partners brand.[3]
Lincoln International, which advised HWF's partners on the transaction, described the deal as the sale of a majority stake to Ardonagh.[6]
In June 2025, Insurance Business reported that HWF Partners had joined Brokerslink insurance broker network as a specialist firm focused on transactional risk insurance.[2] Captive International also reported that HWF had headquarters in London and eight offices worldwide at the time of the Brokerslink announcement.[5] In April 2026, Commercial Risk reported that MDS Group and HWF, both part of The Ardonagh Group, had entered a collaboration to offer specialist transaction risk insurance in Spain, with HWF launching a team in Madrid.[7]
Operations
editHWF Partners works in the transactional risk insurance market, a segment of insurance broking focused on risks arising in mergers and acquisitions and related corporate transactions. Insurance Business described the firm as staffed by professionals with backgrounds in law, accounting and insurance.[2]
HWF Partners has eight offices: London, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Warsaw and Dubai.
Market research
editHWF Partners publishes an annual W&I Market Claims Study on warranty and indemnity insurance claims.
In December 2024, Reinsurance News reported that HWF's study used data from 22 European insurers that had written 15,080 W&I policies since 2016. The report said 1,540 W&I policies had been placed in the first half of 2024, that claims had been made on 11.64 percent of policies in the study period, and that 4.32 percent of policies had resulted in paid claims.[8] Insurance Business reported similar findings from the 2024 study, including that 72.56 percent of successful claims in the review period were resolved within 18 months.[9] In 2024, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer described HWF's earlier European W&I claims study as based on anonymised and aggregated data from 16 insurers in the European transactional risk market.[10]
In February 2026, several trade publications covered HWF's 2025 claims report. Insurance Business reported that the latest report showed a maturing warranty and indemnity claims environment, with more than half of notifications connected to seller fraud, non disclosure and third party claims, and 48.51 percent of closed notified claims resulting in a payment to the insured.[11] Insurance Today reported that the study was based on data from 24 insurers and more than 18,500 policies, and that 12.46 percent of policies had received a claims notification across the review period.[12] Claims Media reported that the 2025 study covered 18,563 policies placed globally, excluding North America, since 2016.[13]
The claims study has also been cited in legal sector commentary. In January 2026, Stewarts described HWF as the only insurance broker to canvass the entire W&I insurance market for an overview of W&I claims trends, and said its 2025 study drew on data from 24 insurers and 18,563 policies.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Legal Information". HWF Partners. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Araullo, Kenneth (30 June 2025). "Brokerslink adds Drivento and HWF to boost global expertise". Insurance Business. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Ardonagh announces agreement to invest in Hemsley Wynne Furlonge". The Ardonagh Group. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Walker, Alastair (2 March 2021). "Deals: Ardonagh Takes a Stake in HWF". Insurance Edge. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Brokerslink expands global network with Drivento and HWF Partners". Captive International. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "HWF Partners has sold a majority stake to The Ardonagh Group". Lincoln International. 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Jolly, Sarah (22 April 2026). "HWF opens Madrid office for M&A risks in expansion with MDS". Commercial Risk. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Musselwhite, Beth (9 December 2024). "Record growth in W&I insurance usage in H1'24: HWF Partners". Reinsurance News. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Araullo, Kenneth (6 December 2024). "W&I insurance adoption hits record high in Europe - HWF". Insurance Business. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Getting the market moving in 2024 - Using Synthetic W&I insurance in real estate transactions". Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. January 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Recamara, Josh (18 February 2026). "HWF: Nearly half of W&I claims pay out as 'unknowable' risks drive notifications". Insurance Business. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "HWF Partners' research reveals continued growth for W&I". Insurance Today. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Ward, Alicia (24 February 2026). "HWF Partners research points to record-breaking year for W&I in EMEA". Claims Media. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "W&I claims remain a key dispute area in 2025". Stewarts. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.