ENACT HOLDINGS, INC.
8325 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
May 10, 2021
VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL
Mr. John Stickel
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | Enact Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) | ||||
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-255345) | |||||
Dear Mr. Stickel:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby requests acceleration of the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-255345) (the “Registration Statement”), at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 12, 2021, or as soon as practicable thereafter or at such later time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. By separate letter, the underwriters of the issuance of the securities being registered have joined in this request for acceleration.
We would appreciate it if, as soon as the Registration Statement is declared effective, you would so inform Michael Schiavone of Sidley Austin LLP at (212) 839-5420.
| Very truly yours, | ||||||||
| ENACT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Evan Stolove | |||||||
| Name: | Evan Stolove | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel | |||||||
| and Secretary | ||||||||
| cc: | J. Nolan McWilliams, Securities and Exchange Commission | ||||
| David Irving, Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||
| Sharon Blume, Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||
| Evan Stolove, Enact Holdings, Inc. | |||||
| Perry J. Schwachman, Sidley Austin LLP | |||||
| Sean M. Carney, Sidley Austin LLP | |||||
| Michael J. Schiavone, Sidley Austin LLP | |||||
| David Ni, Sidley Austin LLP | |||||
| Craig B. Brod, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |||||
| Jeffrey D. Karpf, Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |||||
Ward Bobitz, Genworth Financial, Inc. & Genworth Holdings, Inc. | |||||
| Dwight S. Yoo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | |||||