This is the debut episode in our "Quarterback the Quarter" series, brought to you by the Merge with Caution Podcast, a show dedicated to helping M&A deal teams and advisors execute their deals more effectively and efficiently. This quarterly series brings together market leaders in M&A insurance brokerage, M&A underwriting and M&A technology to explore market highlights, deal trends and emerging patterns in M&A risk management. Hosted by Rob Cant, Co-Founder and CEO of SingleSource Technologies, this episode features guests Luke Sutton, Head of Transactional Risk for the MEA region at Marsh and Sam Whiteman, Head of International Transaction Liability at Mosaic Insurance. The conversation uses proprietary data as talking points to dissect global deal activity, regional variations, insurance and risk management trends and predictions for Q4 and beyond, providing listeners with granular insights into M&A deal-making trends.