


Pioneers in
delivering innovative insurance solutions
We are a leading investment and advisory firm specializing in the insurance sector focused on providing solutions that create value for insurers, asset managers, and investors
We bring a proven legacy of investment and advisory
Founded in 2010, Rendezvous Capital LLC focus on providing innovative solutions that create value for insurers, asset managers, and investors. We partner with clients to navigate the complexities of capital management, product development, and regulatory strategy, always with the aim of optimizing performance and mitigating risk.
Acquisition and Turnaround Successes
In 2018, Rendezvous Capital led the acquisition of Midwest Holding Inc / American Life, transforming it from a shell insurer into a name-brand entity with over $3.5 billion in assets. The company went public in 2020, and after completing a successful business plan, Rendezvous exited the investment in 2023.


Advising Global Leaders
Rendezvous has provided strategic advisory services to global insurance and reinsurance companies, hedge funds, and preeminent private equity firms with regard to insurance company acquisitions, turnarounds, and asset allocation and run off. Additionally, Rendezvous has served as an outsourced CIO for insurers.


Leverage our leadership expertise for valuable insights and guidance
Our seasoned leadership team led by Mike Minnich and Jonathan Mayers bring decades of combined experience across global financial markets.

Mike Minnich is the Founder and Managing Member of Rendezvous Capital LLC, where he advises insurers on capital and investments. Most recently, Mike led the acquisition of Midwest Holding Inc., securing the necessary capital, building and executing a business plan that transformed the company from a shell insurer into a name brand with over $3.5 billion in assets within five years. Under his leadership, Midwest went public in 2020 and was later taken private in 2023. Among his various entrepreneurial endeavors, Mike spent the bulk of his prior career at Swiss Re, where he was a Managing Director responsible for a multi-billion dollar portfolio, three portfolio companies, and a 12-person investment team. His experience spans risk management, investment management and trading, regulatory and rating agency relations, product design, capital raising, and transaction structuring. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

Jonathan Mayers is a general counsel, business strategist and entrepreneur with a history of solving complex and nuanced problems in the financial and legal industries. He moved from the United States from South Africa after winning a full academic scholarship to study a Masters of Law at NYU. Thereafter, Jonathan practiced law at Davis Polk and Wardwell. He also worked at Deutsche Bank and Barclays before spending over a decade at Renaissance Technologies. Most recently, he was the General Counsel at BlockFi managing approximately 120 legal and compliance professionals. Throughout his career Jonathan has focused on structured financial products and the interplay between regulations and such products. He has played a critical leadership role in some of the most noteworthy new product offerings over the last two decades. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Science and an LLB from the University of Cape Town and two LLM’s from NYU, one in General Legal Studies and the other in Taxation.