The Kinesis facility executes its first “Special Draw” to underwrite off-cycle collateralised reinsurance

Lancashire Holdings Limited ("Lancashire" or the "Company") has today announced that Kinesis Capital Management Limited ("KCM") has carried out its first "special draw". Investors were invited to subscribe in Kinesis Holdings I Limited ("Kinesis Holdings") to enable its subsidiary Kinesis Reinsurance I Limited ("Kinesis Re") to underwrite fully collateralised reinsurance business outside the customary reinsurance market renewal season. This follows the successful fund-raising conducted earlier in the year, which permitted Kinesis Re to underwrite its first tranche of fully collateralised multi-class reinsurance agreements incepting around 1 January 2014 with combined aggregate limits in excess of USD 250 million.

Darren Redhead, KCM's Chief Executive Officer, said:

"Our stated strategy is to allow investors access to the collateralised reinsurance market on a regular and opportunistic basis. I am very pleased that within a week of negotiating an indicative order with a client, Kinesis had secured firm funding commitments from its existing investors. This deal demonstrates the flexibility of the new Kinesis facility and our ability to move rapidly in aligning our investors' capital with the bespoke reinsurance needs of our clients. Given the limited size of this first special draw we were able to work with our advisors to fulfil demand with our existing investors but expect to be able to further expand our panel of investors later in the year in preparation for the mid-year reinsurance renewal season."

For further information, please contact:

Lancashire Holdings Limited Christopher Head	+44 20 7264 4145 [email protected]
Jonny Creagh-Coen	+44 20 7264 4066  [email protected]
Haggie Partners	+44 20 7562 4444
Peter Rigby	(Peter Rigby mobile +44 7803851426)

About Lancashire

Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based operating subsidiaries, is a global provider of specialty insurance and reinsurance products. The Group companies carry the following ratings:

(1) Financial Strength Rating and Financial Strength Outlook apply to Lancashire Insurance Company Limited and Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited.
(2) Long Term Issuer Rating applies to Lancashire Holdings Limited.
NB: Cathedral benefits from Lloyd’s ratings: A.M. Best: A (Excellent); Standard & Poor’s: A+ (Strong); and Fitch: A+ (Strong).

Lancashire has capital in excess of $1.5 billion and its common shares trade on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire has its corporate headquarters and mailing address at Level 11, Vitro, 60 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4AD, United Kingdom and its registered office at Power House, 7 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda.

For more information on Lancashire, visit the Company’s website at www.lancashiregroup.com

Lancashire Insurance Company Limited is regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority in Bermuda.

Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the UK.

Kinesis Capital Management Limited is regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority in Bermuda.

For more information on Lancashire’s subsidiary and Lloyd’s segment, Cathedral Capital Limited (“Cathedral”), visit Cathedral’s website at www.cathedralcapital.com

Cathedral Underwriting Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the UK.

 

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