Kinesis Capital Management
Kinesis assets under management up 20% year-on-year
Assets under management held by Kinesis Capital Management, the collateralized retrocessional reinsurance unit of specialty re/insurer Lancashire Holdings Limited, grew its assets under management 20% year-on-year.Lancashire's Chief Underwriting Officer Paul Gregory said that the company was delighted with the support shown by the Kinesis investor base, helping it to increase read the full article →
Lancashire bucks the loss creep trend, Kinesis underwriting fees rise
Specialty insurance and reinsurance group Lancashire Holdings Limited has benefitted from setting prudent reserves for the major hurricanes of 2017, reporting today that its ultimate loss estimates for those events have fallen when others have crept higher.Lancashire has been hit by 2018 wildfires and other catastrophe events, which have dented read the full article →
Kinesis Capital Management hires Saphia Charters as Controller
Kinesis Capital Management, the third-party capital underwriting operations of specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Lancashire Holdings has hired Saphia Charters as the firms new Controller for Finance and Operations.Charters joins Kinesis from her most recent role as Vice President with JLT Insurance Management (Bermuda) Ltd, where she worked with a read the full article →
Lancashire expects discipline at 1/1, Kinesis fees flow despite loss activity
In reporting its results today, the CEO of specialty insurance and reinsurance group Lancashire Holdings Limited said he is anticipating a more disciplined market in terms of pricing at the key January 2019 renewals.Lancashire fell to a loss in the third-quarter of the year, as the impact of both man-made read the full article →
Lancashire hit by Q3 catastrophe & marine losses
Specialty insurance and reinsurance group Lancashire Holdings Limited has pre-announced some expected third-quarter catastrophe and marine losses, which the firm expects will drive it to a negative return on equity for the quarter.Lancashire has broad exposure in the property and specialty reinsurance markets, hence the firm is always likely to read the full article →
Kinesis delivers higher fees to Lancashire, profits still trapped after 2017
Kinesis Capital Management has delivered higher underwriting fees to parent specialty insurance and reinsurance group Lancashire Holdings Limited for the second-quarter, but the profit commissions from 2017 remain trapped following the major catastrophes experienced.Kinesis is the third-party collateralized reinsurance capital management unit of Lancashire, underwriting a unique multi-class, specialty and property read the full article →
Lancashire rate experience suggests more profitable portfolio at Kinesis
Commentary on rate improvements experienced at specialty insurance and reinsurance group Lancashire Holdings Limited suggest that the enlarged portfolio underwritten by its third-party collateralized reinsurance capital unit Kinesis Capital Management will deliver more profits throughout the year ahead.But first the impacts of 2017 catastrophe events have to be worked through read the full article →
Kinesis sees more opportunities and is ready to take them
Kinesis Capital Management, the third-party capital vehicle operated by Lancashire Holdings, has seen more opportunities in the market following the 2017 catastrophe events and is ready to capitalise on market conditions in 2018 and beyond, according to Darren Redhead.Speaking with Artemis in the aftermath of recent catastrophe events and the read the full article →
Kinesis grows limit deployed by 30% at renewals: Maloney
The improved rate environment meant that specialty insurance and reinsurance player Lancashire Holdings took the opportunity to increase the amount of limit sold by third-party capital vehicle Kinesis Capital Management by roughly 30% at the renewals, according to CEO Alex Maloney.While Lancashire and the Kinesis team have seen better rates read the full article →
Kinesis results resilient in Q4, as market turns a corner for Lancashire
Third-party collateralized reinsurance capital unit Kinesis Capital Management displayed a resilient set of results in the fourth-quarter of 2017 for parent specialty insurance and reinsurance group Lancashire Holdings Limited and after the challenging year, CEO Alex Maloney feels the market has turned a corner.Due to its underwriting of a unique read the full article →
