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                              October 8, 2020

       Mark D. Ein
       Chief Executive Officer
       Capitol Investment Corp. V
       1300 17th Street North, Suite 820
       Arlington, VA 22209

                                                        Re: Capitol Investment
Corp. V
                                                            Amendment 2 to
                                                            Draft Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Submitted September
25, 2020
                                                            CIK No. 0001722438

       Dear Mr. Ein:

              We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and
have the following
       comment. In our comment, we may ask you to provide us with information
so we may better
       understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by providing the requested
information and either submitting
       an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your
registration statement on
       EDGAR. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not
       believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.

             After reviewing the information you provide in response to this
comment and your
       amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we
may have additional
       comments.

       DRS submitted September 25, 2020

       Risk Factors
       Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide . .
.., page 47

   1.                                                   We note your disclosure
on page 112. Please reconcile your disclosure in this section
                                                        with your disclosure on
page 112 to reflect that the state and federal courts will have
                                                        concurrent jurisdiction
over any action arising under the Securities Act and that the federal
                                                        courts will have
exclusive jurisdiction over any action arising under the Exchange Act.
 Mark D. Ein
Capitol Investment Corp. V
October 8, 2020
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       You may contact Peter McPhun at 202-551-3581 or Jennifer Monick at
202-551-3295 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Brigitte Lippmann at 202-551-3713 or David Link at 202-551-3356 with
any other
questions.



                                                          Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameMark D. Ein
                                                          Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameCapitol Investment Corp. V
                                                          Office of Real Estate
& Construction
October 8, 2020 Page 2
cc:       Rachel W. Sheridan, Esq.
FirstName LastName