| VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL | |||||
| Mr. John Stickel | September 13, 2021 | ||||
| Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||
| Division of Corporation Finance | |||||
| 100 F Street, N.E. | |||||
| Washington, DC 20549 | |||||
| Re: | Enact Holdings, Inc. Requested Date: September 14, 2021 Requested Time: 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-255345) | ||||
Dear Mr. Stickel:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, hereby join Enact Holdings, Inc. in requesting that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to cause the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-255345) (the “Registration Statement”), to become effective on September 14, 2021, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon as practicable thereafter, or at such later time as Enact Holdings, Inc. or its outside counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, may request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective.
Pursuant to Rule 460 under the Act, the undersigned wish to advise you that there will be distributed to each underwriter or dealer who is reasonably anticipated to participate in the distribution of the security as many copies of the preliminary prospectus as appears to be reasonable to secure adequate distribution of the preliminary prospectus to prospective underwriters and dealers, institutional investors, retail investors and others.
The undersigned advise that they have complied and will continue to comply, and they have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have complied and will continue to comply, with the requirements of Rule 15c2- 8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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| Very truly yours, | |||||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | |||||
| By: | /s/ Alaoui Zenere | ||||
| Name: | Alaoui Zenere | ||||
| Title: | Executive Director | ||||
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | |||||
| By: | /s/ CE Bluhm | ||||
| Name: | CE Bluhm | ||||
| Title: | Managing Director | ||||
| 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 | |||||
David Ni, Sidley Austin LLP | |||||
Craig B. Brod, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |||||
Jeffrey D. Karp, Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |||||
Ward Bobitz, Genworth Financial, Inc. & Genworth Holdings, Inc. | |||||
Dwight S. Yoo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | |||||
[Signature page to Underwriters’ Acceleration Request]