K5

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K5 sidecar details

One of the world’s leading reinsurers, Hannover Re, launched its fully-collateralized K5 reinsurance sidecar facility through its Bermuda domiciled segregated accounts company Kaith Re Ltd., in February 2006 with a capital base of $370m. The firm’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the time the vehicle was launched, but has since left the company, Wilhelm Zeller said; “With this transaction we are providing against the anticipated contraction and price inflation on the retrocession markets and securing the underwriting capacity needed to share in the profitable market opportunities that will open up in the years ahead.”

In January 2007 Hannover Re returned to the capital markets, obtaining underwriting capacity for catastrophe risks and increasing the size of its K5 venture to $520m.

A year later, in January of 2008, the reinsurer announced the sidecar vehicle had again grown in size to $540m.

Go back to the Artemis Collateralized Reinsurance Sidecar Directory.