Anthony L. Kohtio

Mr. Kohtio has advised on various matters, including the representation of:

• Great American Insurance Company in connection with its $190 million Riverfront Re Ltd. dual-tranche catastrophe bond offering, with both per-occurrence and annual aggregate indemnity triggers for each tranche;
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in the establishment of a $160 million collateralized reinsurance program involving the issuance of voting and non-voting, participating notes in segregated accounts of a newly established, special purpose insurer, Limestone Re Ltd.;
• Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. a specialty insurance group specializing in excess and surplus lines, in its $121 million IPO;
• the underwriters in Essent Group Ltd.’s $385 million IPO and $300 million follow-on offering;
• the dealers in Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s $30 billion global medium-term note issuance program;
• Aflac, Incorporated in senior notes offerings with over $4.5 billion in gross proceeds and its $450 million offering of subordinated debentures;
• Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. in its $230 million offering of depositary shares representing fractional interests in Series C preferred shares and related redemption of Series A preferred shares and in its $230 million offering of Series B preferred shares;
• Validus Holdings, Ltd. in the $150 million offering of depositary shares representing fractional interests in preferred shares;
• the placement agents in the $800 million private placement of ABR Reinsurance Capital Holdings Ltd., a newly formed Bermuda reinsurer sponsored by affiliates of ACE Limited and BlackRock, Inc.;
• the placement agents in the $500 million common share private placement of Harrington Reinsurance Holdings Limited, a newly formed Bermuda reinsurer sponsored by affiliates of AXIS and Blackstone;
• Hamilton Insurance Group in its formation and capital raise in connection with its acquisition of S.A.C. Re, Ltd.;
• Voya Financial, Inc. and its subsidiary ReliaStar Life Insurance Company in a reinsurance transaction in which ReliaStar ceded its runoff workers compensation carve-out and occupational accident business to Enstar Group Limited;
• Two Sigma Investments, LP in its joint venture with American International Group, Inc. and Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. targeting the U.S. SME commercial insurance market;
• Two Sigma Insurance Quantified in its partnership with American International Group, Inc. to accelerate the use of data science and technology for AIG’s global book of commercial insurance business;
• Wilton Re Holdings Limited in its inaugural $300 million securities offering through a finance subsidiary; and
• Validus Holdings, Ltd. in the formation of PacRe Ltd. with Paulson & Co. Inc.