James River Group News

Specialty P/C Insurers Outperform Their U.S. Peers: Report

U.S. property/casualty insurers that focused on difficult to place risks distanced themselves from their peers in key metrics measuring earnings, underwriting profitability, balance sheet growth and other indicators of success, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Kinsale Insurance Co., the …

James River Unloads Rideshare Reserves To Uber Captive

Late last month, James River Group Holdings, Ltd. announced that two of its principal operating subsidiaries entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance transaction with a wholly owned captive insurer of Uber Technologies, Inc. Under the agreement, the Uber captive, …

Insurer James River Group Files for IPO

James River Group Holdings Ltd, a Bermuda-based insurance holding company, filed for an initial public offering of common shares that would raise up to $288 million. Hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co LP’s affiliates own 72.6 percent of the insurer’s …