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Bermuda domiciled re/insurance, run-off and legacy specialist Enstar Group is eliminating its exposure to catastrophe risks with a shuttering of its joint-venture reinsurer, Enhanzed Reinsurance Ltd. (Enhanzed Re).

Bermuda domiciled re/insurance, run-off and legacy specialist Enstar Group has bought back its shares and a stake in its joint-venture reinsurer, Enhanzed Reinsurance Ltd. (Enhanzed Re), that were held by investment manager Hillhouse Capital Management.

Bermuda domiciled re/insurance, run-off and legacy specialist Enstar Group has partnered with global insurer Allianz SE and investment manager Hillhouse Capital Management to launch a new reinsurer, Enhanzed Reinsurance Ltd. (Enhanzed Re).

The premium investment float generated by total return reinsurance vehicle KaylaRe Ltd. continued to grow in the first-quarter, promising an increasing return on the asset side of the reinsurer, but fee income delivered to parent Enstar declined due to lower performance from the ceded business in the period.

Insurance and reinsurance specialists Enstar Group has acquired the remaining 52% that it did not own of total return reinsurance vehicle KaylaRe Ltd. from fellow founding investors Hillhouse Capital Management, Ltd. and the Trident V funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC.

Insurance and reinsurance specialist Enstar Group has confirmed that its total return reinsurance vehicle KaylaRe Ltd. softened the blow from third-quarter hurricane catastrophe losses, as the firm said that its quota share agreement with KaylaRe reduced the impact by $22.7 million.

AXIS Capital Holdings’ strategic capital partnership activities generated increased fee income for the re/insurer during the first nine months of 2017, as a decrease in profit commissions related to retrocessional agreements in Q3 was offset by more than $9 million in service fees and reimbursement of expenses to its reinsurance segment.

The retrocession market has helped Bermudian re/insurer AXIS Capital to reduce its losses from third-quarter catastrophe events, including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as the Mexico earthquakes, to $578 million, with the firm set to claim $136 million back from retrocessionaires.

Total return reinsurance vehicle KaylaRe Ltd. is set to lessen the impact of recent hurricanes for its sponsor, insurance and reinsurance specialist Enstar Group, shouldering a portion of the group’s losses through its quota-share with StarStone.

Total return reinsurance vehicle KaylaRe Ltd. has driven higher fee income again for its sponsor, insurance and reinsurance specialist Enstar, as the strategy begins to acquire scale, as cessions made to KaylaRe build up and the investment float continues to accumulate.