Jared Wilner

Jared Wilner is a partner in Mayer Brown's New York office and a member of the Insurance group. He focuses his practice on advising domestic, foreign and alien insurers, reinsurers, insurance intermediaries and other insurance industry participants on a spectrum of insurance regulatory and transactional matters. These matters include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, various distribution, services and other commercial contracts, reinsurance, insurtech, insurance product development, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and regulatory enforcement actions.

Jared began his career at the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), where he helped shape the policy response to various issues resulting from the 2008 financial crisis. In addition, he worked on high-leverage policy matters emanating from both the life and property and casualty bureaus, including several market conduct exams and regulatory reform initiatives.

Following his work at the NYDFS, Jared served as director and corporate counsel to Prudential Insurance’s life and annuities business units, advising on the distribution and administration of insurance products, reinsurance, company licensing and domestication and regulatory advocacy relating to market conduct exams and new regulation. He also gained exposure to many novel legal issues resulting from the transformational effects of technology and data on insurance company product design, distribution and administration.

Notable transactional experience includes representing:

• Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company on (1) its acquisition of an Oklahoma domestic insurance company to establish its US direct writing business, and (2) a series of block and flow reinsurance transactions under which Knighthead assumed certainly fixed annuity liabilities from various U.S. ceding companies.
• A growth-oriented mortgage lending company on its acquisition of a comprehensive, client-focused provider of home insurance solutions in 45 states.
• R&Q Insurance Holdings Ltd in the $465 million sale of R&Q's program management business, Accredited Holding Corporation, to an affiliate of private equity firm Onex Corporation.
• Core Specialty in (1) 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 (2) a series of transactions to acquire the specialty markets business of American National Group, representing $388 million of direct written premium in 2023.

• Fordham University School of Law, JD
• New York University, BA, Philosophy and Politics

• New Jersey
• New York