Jared Wilner

Jared Wilner is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, where he leads the Firm’s insurance transactional and regulatory team. He has extensive experience advising domestic and international insurers, reinsurers, investors and other industry participants on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reinsurance transactions, and capital raising transactions. His work also spans related regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues, as well as bespoke investment structures designed to meet the needs of insurers and asset managers.

Prior to private practice, Jared served at the New York State Department of Financial Services, where he helped shape policy responses to issues arising from the 2008 financial crisis, and later as corporate counsel at Prudential Insurance’s life and annuities business units.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• The Doctors Company in its announced $1.3 billion acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation.
• Antarctica Capital, and its portfolio companies, on various reinsurance transactions, including approximately $1.2 billion of ceded premium in connection with a sidecar sponsored by American Life & Security Corp.
• Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company in its acquisition of an Oklahoma domestic insurance company to establish its U.S. direct writing business; and a series of block and flow reinsurance transactions under which Knighthead assumed certainly fixed annuity liabilities from various U.S. ceding companies
• Core Specialty in the acquisition of American National Group’s MGU/medical stop-loss business (which accounted for over $200 million of gross premium in 2022) for cash through the acquisition of 100% of the stock of Standard Life and Accident Company and certain reinsurance transactions; and a series of transactions to acquire the specialty markets business of American National Group, representing $388 million of direct written premium in 2023
• R&Q Insurance Holdings Ltd in the $465 million sale of R&Q's program management business, Accredited Holding Corporation, and related reinsurance transactions.
• Chubb in its acquisition of Healthy Paws, a U.S.-based managing general agent specializing in pet insurance

• Berkshire Hathaway’s core reinsurance entity, National Indemnity Company, in its strategic partnership with Tokio Marine Holdings.

• A growth-oriented mortgage lending company on its acquisition of a comprehensive, client-focused provider of home insurance solutions in 45 states

• A large health insurance producer in connection with the sale/assignment of certain assets to an ‎assignee/acquirer, and the acquisition of an approximately a large credit facility
• A New York life insurer in connection with certain reinsurance transactions
• A Bermudan reinsurer on its cession of a $429 million portfolio of legacy insurance business to an international legacy specialist group; and the assumption of certain U.S./Canadian risk and related program management agreements
• One of the largest insurance companies in connection with the sale of its legacy business for a purchase price of $100 million
• A large mortgage insurer in various mortgage and credit risk transfer transactions with Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal National Mortgage Association and the subsequent cession of such business on a quota share basis to a panel of national and international reinsurers
• A prominent online auto dealer in connection with its investment of $129 million in an insurance group
• A large global insurance group on the restructuring of its discontinued business programs and related reinsurance transactions
• The nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer relating to potential strategic transactions

Jared received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2007. He received his B.A. from New York University in 2004. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.