Bio

John Harrington is a Managing Director in Evercore’s Corporate Advisory business, advising clients in the Insurance sector. Mr. Harrington is based in San Francisco.Mr. Harrington has advised on mergers and acquisitions, private capital raising and other capital markets transactions for insurance distribution, underwriting, technology and services companies. Mr. Harrington has advised public companies, private equity-owned companies and founder-owned and family-owned businesses across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Selected transactions include advising Allstar Financial Group on its sale to Constellation; Integro on its sale to Odyssey and subsequent sales of its U.S. and Canadian businesses; ICAT on its sale to MMC; Narragansett Bay on its sale to Heritage; Wellington on its sales to Aquiline and Truist; Amerilife on its sale to JC Flowers; The Wright Insurance Group on its sale to Brown & Brown; Maxum Specialty Group on its sale to The Hartford; and Financial Horizons Group to Great-West Lifeco. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Harrington was an Investment Professional at Aquiline Capital Partners, specializing in transactions in the insurance distribution, asset management, and financial technology sectors. He began his financial career as an analyst at Merrill Lynch after having served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy. Mr. Harrington received his A.B. from Harvard College and his M.B.A from Columbia Business School.