Jennifer Norris

Notable transactions on which Jennifer has advised include representation of:

• Global Atlantic in connection with the reinsurance of a US$19.2 billion block of MetLife’s U.S. retail annuity and life insurance business.
• RenaissanceRe in its US$2.985 billion acquisition of Validus Re from American International Group.
• Vantage in establishing a substantial reinsurance capacity facility funded primarily by third-party capital.
• Ark in the formation of its third-party capital-backed US$250 million Outrigger Re property catastrophe reinsurance sidecar.
• Accelerant in the launch of its US$175 million Flywheel Re sidecar investment vehicle focused on the SME market.
• TowerBrook and Further Global in connection with the US$586 million acquisition of ProSight.
• Mutual Trust Financial Group in its merger with Pan-American Life Insurance Group, a merger of two mutual insurance holding companies.
• Markel Corporation in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CATCo Investment Management Ltd.
• Ameritas Life Insurance in its acquisition of two in-force life insurance blocks with a face amount of US$2.1 billion.
• ACE in a venture with BlackRock involving the organization and US$800 million private placement of ABR Reinsurance Capital Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurance organization. The transaction was named “Capital Raising of the Year” and “Launch of the Year” at the 2015 Reactions North America Awards.
• American International Group on the transfer of a combined US$925 million of multiple-peril catastrophe risk through the Compass Re II 2015-1, Tradewynd Re 2014-1 and Tradewynd Re 2013-1 catastrophe bonds.
• Hartford Financial Services in the sale of its retirement plans business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance.
• Athene Holding Ltd. in its acquisition of Investors Insurance Corporation.
• American International Group in the sale of its 21st Century Insurance Group to Farmers Insurance Group, a unit of Zurich Financial Services, a transaction with a total enterprise value of over US$2 billion.