Hylant Launches Private Equity Due Diligence, Mergers & Acquisitons Practice Group

Group to Focus on Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Value in Transactions

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 10, 2013 – Hylant, one of the nation’s largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms, announced today that it has launched a new Private Equity Due Diligence, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Hylant CEO Michael Hylant made the announcement.

Hylant’s Private Equity Due Diligence, Mergers & Acquisitions Group provides support for all phases of the merger and acquisition process for small to mid-sized businesses and enterprise level corporations with multiple business units. The Group’s professionals leverage data and analytics to determine a deal’s strengths, weaknesses and risks, and structures deal facilitating solutions.  In doing so, Hylant counsels its clients to minimize exposure while maximizing the value of a target merger, acquisition, divestiture, public-to private partnership, commercial loan or structured financial transition.

“We are leveraging our specialists by combining the best private equity and insurance industry expertise and experience with proven processes and proprietary technology,” said Mike Hylant, CEO of Hylant.  “This highly specialized team is providing both immediate and long-term value in every engagement.”

The PE Due Diligence, M&A Group’s core services include M&A risk and insurance due diligence; lender due diligence and advisory; acquisition strategies; benchmarking; fund level risk solutions for management and professional liability; stand alone or portfolio entity insurance structuring; and fully integrated local operating company client service.

About Hylant

Hylant, a four consecutive year winner of Best Places to Work in Insurance (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012), was founded in 1935 and is a full-service insurance brokerage with 14 offices in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and Florida.  As a member of the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), Hylant offers complete risk management services, employee benefits consultation, health & wellness solutions, loss control, healthcare management and insurance solutions for businesses and individuals.  Hylant is one of the largest privately held brokerage firms in the United States and serves a wide variety of clients locally, nationally, and internationally.  For more information, please contact Tammy Cameron at [email protected], visit hylant.com and follow Hylant on LinkedIn and Twitter (@hylantgroup).

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