Kinesis facility executes first 'Special Draw'
LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED
19 February 2014
London UK
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
chris.head@lancashiregroup.com
Jonny Creagh-Coen +44 20 7264 4066
jcc@lancashiregroup.com
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:
Financial Financial Long Term
Strength Strength Issuer
Rating (1) Outlook(1) Rating (2)
A.M. Best A (Excellent) Stable bbb
Standard & Poor's A- Stable BBB
Moody's A3 Stable Baa2
(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 premium segment of 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 and Kinesis Reinsurance I Limited are
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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