A Passion for tailor-made
Underwriting M&A Risks

Amaniki is now part of Rising Edge, a leading Specialty Insurance Underwriting Agency.

With offices in Frankfurt and London, Amaniki provides dedicated support for brokers in the Transactional Liability and M&A spaces, with great capacity and unique expertise.

Our Transactional Liability Experts

Our multi-discipline, multi-jurisdictional and multi-cultural team is here to support the complex needs of brokers and M&A advisors.

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Niki M. Demirbilek

Managing Director and founder

Managing Director and qualified lawyer in Germany and New York, vastly experienced having held senior positions in several blue-chip Insurance and Law firms. Niki founded AMANIKI.

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Emanuela
Mercadante

M&A Underwriter

Emanuela is a dual qualified Solicitor and Italian Lawyer, highly experienced in corporate and commercial cross-border transactions.

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Daniel
Holland

M&A Underwriter

Daniel is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a background in auditing, specialising in asset management and insurance.

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Martin
Rauhut

Analyst M&A Insurance

Martin holds a degree in Business Law and has worked as a Legal Consultant in e-commerce and trans-national commerce.

Owen Dacey

Owen
Dacey

Head of Claims and General Counsel

UK qualified solicitor with 10 years experience handling international management and professional liability claims.

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Jutta
Woodhall

Frankfurt Office Manager

Jutta steers our W&I underwriting process with timely NDA processing, submissions dynamics and daily office operations.

Warranty & Indemnity Insurance

Insurance cover designed to protect both parties involved in the sale of a business.

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MIPIM 2025: real estate trends and the role of Warranties and Indemnities insurance
MIPIM 2025: real estate trends and the role of Warranties and Indemnities insurance

At MIPIM 2025, W&I insurance took centre stage as a key tool for managing risks in complex property deals.

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Welcome Daniel
Welcome Daniel

Rising Edge’s Transactional Liability team AMANIKI, welcomes Daniel Holland in their team of M&A Underwriters.

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Rising Edge launches transactional liability offering through the aquisition of AMANIKI
Rising Edge launches transactional liability offering through the aquisition of AMANIKI

Rising Edge Ltd (“Rising Edge”) announces today having signed an agreement to acquire AMANIKI GmbH (“AMANIKI”). This acquisition is enabling Rising Edge to launch a suite of Transactional Liability insurance products.

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MGAA Broker Exchange 2025
MGAA Broker Exchange 2025

We will be in attendance of the MGAA Broker Exchange next week. We have a great team ligned up for the day: Daniel Holland, M&A Underwriter, Tom Dickman, D&O Senior Underwriter and Hamza King, D&O Assistant Underwriter.

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Adios Broker Exchange 2025
Adios Broker Exchange 2025

Tom Dickman, Daniel Holland and Hamza King attended the MGAA Broker Exchange Conference 2025. It was great to see so many of you and we are looking forward to keep the conversation going.

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Mipim Cannes 2025
Mipim Cannes 2025

The Rising Edge Amaniki team will be at mipim represented by Niki Demirbilek. We look forward to catching up with you there.

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