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FT Partners Advises Assurance on its $3,500,000,000 Sale to Prudential Financial

Overview of Transaction

  • On September 5, 2019, Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Assurance IQ (“Assurance”)
  • The acquisition includes total upfront consideration of $2.35 billion and an additional earnout of up to $1.15 billion in cash and equity, contingent upon the Company achieving multi-year growth objectives
  • Launched in 2016, Assurance is the fastest growing direct-to-consumer InsurTech platform in history
  • Using a combination of advanced data science and human expertise, Assurance matches buyers with customized solutions spanning life, health, Medicare and auto insurance, giving them options to purchase entirely online or with the help of a technology-assisted live agent

Significance of Transaction

  • Assurance will add a large and rapidly growing direct-to-consumer channel to Prudential’s financial wellness businesses, significantly expanding the total addressable market of both companies
  • Both companies will draw on respective capabilities to create a new, end-to-end engagement model geared to better serve customers
  • The transaction is the largest strategic InsurTech exit in history and represents one of the fastest multi-billion dollar tech exits, as the Company was only founded in February 2016
  • Assurance was funded entirely by its founders, highlighting FT Partners' ability to help under-the-radar FinTech companies achieve optimal outcomes

FT Partners' Role

  • FT Partners served as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Assurance and its board of directors
  • This transaction highlights FT Partners’ deep domain expertise in the InsurTech space, and its successful track record generating highly favorable outcomes for high growth FinTech companies globally