July 8, 2025
Willkie is advising Aquiline Capital Partners and Distinguished Programs in White Mountains Insurance Group’s agreement to acquire a majority stake in Distinguished Programs, announced on July 7.
Distinguished Programs is a national specialty insurance MGA and program manager that underwrites and distributes specialty property & casualty insurance products across commercial real estate, hotels & restaurants, community associations, environmental & construction professional, cyber, surety, executive lines, inland marine and fine arts & collectibles. Majority shareholder Aquiline Capital Partners will remain a significant minority owner.
Aquiline Capital Partners LP, a private investment firm based in New York, London, and Philadelphia dedicated to financial services and technology, has approximately $12 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2025.
The Willkie team is led by partners Jeffrey Poss, Larissa Marcellino and Justin Sommerkamp, and associates Margaret Ebacher-Rini, David Avraham and Seunghye Shon.
Distinguished Programs is a national specialty insurance MGA and program manager that underwrites and distributes specialty property & casualty insurance products across commercial real estate, hotels & restaurants, community associations, environmental & construction professional, cyber, surety, executive lines, inland marine and fine arts & collectibles. Majority shareholder Aquiline Capital Partners will remain a significant minority owner.
Aquiline Capital Partners LP, a private investment firm based in New York, London, and Philadelphia dedicated to financial services and technology, has approximately $12 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2025.
The Willkie team is led by partners Jeffrey Poss, Larissa Marcellino and Justin Sommerkamp, and associates Margaret Ebacher-Rini, David Avraham and Seunghye Shon.
