Sean M. Carney

Transactions on which Sean has advised include:

• Acquisition by Sentry Insurance of non-standard auto insurer The General® from American Family Insurance, for a total transaction value of US$1.7 billion (pending).
• Disposition of forensic accounting firm MDD to Davies.
• Acquisition by Synchrony Financial of Ally Financial Inc.’s point-of-sale financing business, including US$2.2 billion of loan receivables.
• Sale by Synchrony Financial of Pets Best Insurance Services to Independence Pet Holdings, facilitating their collective partnership in the pet insurance and pet care financing industries.
• Sale by the Farmers Exchanges of three brokerage entities, and its flood program servicing arm, to Farmers Group, Inc. for US$760 million.
• Acquisition by RenaissanceRe of Validus Re from American International Group Inc. for US$2.985 billion.
• Acquisition by Westfield of the Lloyd’s operations of Argo Group, including Argo’s Lloyd’s managing agency and Argo’s members supporting Syndicate 1200.
• €2.75 billion private capital raise by Athora Holding.
• Acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher of Buck, a leading provider of HR, pensions, and employee benefits services, for US$660 million.
• Acquisition by BRP Group of Westwood Insurance Agency.
• Acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson for US$3.25 billion.
• Strategic transaction between Ohio National and Constellation Insurance Holdings involving Ohio National’s sponsored demutualization, providing for Constellation to fund cash payments or policy benefits in the amount of US$500 million.
• Acquisition by the Farmers Exchanges jointly with Farmers Group, Inc. of MetLife’s property and casualty business, MetLife Auto & Home, for US$3.94 billion.
• Acquisition by Aflac of Zurich North America’s U.S. group benefits business.
• Sale by Athene Holding of US$1.55 billion in common shares to Apollo Global Management.
• Acquisition by Synchrony Financial of Pets Best, a pet health insurance industry pioneer.
• Acquisition by Western & Southern Financial Group of Gerber Life Insurance Company from Nestlé S.A. for US$1.55 billion.
• Acquisition by Apollo Global Management of publicly traded Aspen Insurance Holdings for US$2.6 billion.
• Acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher of Reassurance Holdings, including Coverdell & Co. and Carefree Marketing.
• Acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher of managing general agency, broker and claims administrator Pronto Insurance from Palladium Equity Partners.
• Sale by United Fire of its life insurance company, United Fire Life Insurance, to Kuvare.
• Formation and €2.1 billion initial capitalization of Athora Holding, a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance group founded by Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding, which provides specialty solutions to the European insurance market.
• Acquisition of Great Western Insurance Company by the American Enterprise Group.
• Sale by Aon of its human resources outsourcing business to Blackstone for US$4.8 billion.
• US$1.24 billion initial public offering by Athene Holding.
• Merger of Mutual Trust Financial Group and Pan-American Life Insurance Group, a merger of two mutual insurance holding companies.
• Acquisition and capitalization by Aquiline Capital Partners of Armour Group, a Bermuda-based property and casualty run-off insurance business.
• Acquisition of Transatlantic Holdings by Alleghany Corporation, a transaction valued at US$3.4 billion.
• Sale by Genworth Financial of European lifestyle protection insurance business for approximately US$490 million.
• Acquisition by United Fire & Casualty Company of Mercer Insurance Group, Inc. in a cash merger valued at US$191 million.
• Acquisition of Meadowbrook Insurance Group by Fosun International in a cash merger valued at US$433 million.
• Sponsored demutualization of Podiatry Insurance Company of America and acquisition by ProAssurance Corporation, a transaction valued at US$131 million.
• Acquisition by American International Group, Inc. of GE Edison Life Insurance Company and GE’s U.S. auto and home business, a transaction valued at approximately US$2.2 billion.
• Sale by Genworth Financial of Genworth Financial Investment Services, its retail broker dealer business, to Cetera Financial.
• Sale by Principal Life Insurance Company of its health insurance business to UnitedHealthcare.
• Exit by American Republic and World Insurance Co. of its comprehensive major medical insurance business.
• US$1.75 billion surplus notes offering by Northwestern Mutual.
• US$51 million initial public offering by North Pointe Insurance. 
• Acquisition by GE Capital of the retail finance portfolio of Citibank N.A., a transaction valued at US$1.6 billion.
• Sale by GE of its Corporate Card Services Business to American Express for US$2.1 billion.
• Sale of Vanliner Insurance Company by UniGroup, Inc. to National Interstate, a transaction valued at US$125 million.
• Acquisition by EBF & Associates of Athilon Group (a credit derivatives product company) from Lightyear Capital.
• Investment by Silver Creek Capital in IR Holding, Ltd, the holding company for St. James Re Limited, a newly formed Bermuda reinsurer.
• US$180 million initial public offering by Cabela’s Inc.
• Sale by American International Group, Inc. of its credit life business operations.

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