- CEO
- Alexander Terence Maloney
- Full Time Employees
- 426
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Specialty
- Address
- Power House Hamilton United Kingdom HM 11
- IPO Date
- Dec 13, 2005
- Business
- Lancashire Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based provider of global specialty insurance and reinsurance products, operating primarily in Bermuda, London, the United States, and Australia. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, the company underwrites short-tail specialty risks across four core segments: property and casualty, which includes catastrophe-exposed property reinsurance, excess loss risks, and property treaty portfolios; energy, encompassing onshore and offshore energy insurance and reinsurance; marine, covering hull, cargo, and liability risks; and aviation, including hull, liability, and space risks; as well as specialty lines such as professional indemnity, accident and health, and terror reinsurance. It delivers these products through three platforms: rated company market operations via Lancashire Insurance Company Limited; Lloyd's access through managed Syndicates 2010 and 3010 under Lancashire Syndicates Limited; and collateralized reinsurance via Lancashire Capital Management for property catastrophe, aviation, marine, energy, and terror risks. In recent developments, Lancashire completed the minority buy-out of Syndicate 2010 for the 2026 underwriting year, achieving 99.4% ownership and securing full control following Lloyd's approval; expanded its U.S. operations with the official opening of Lancashire Insurance US in 2024; reported gross premiums written up 11% in 2024 with an 80% combined ratio; and announced a special dividend of 75 cents per share in Q3 2025 amid 7.4% year-on-year gross written premium growth to $1.8 billion and a 5.6% total investment return year-to-date. The company targets brokers and clients seeking high-layer, high-deductible solutions in niche markets, maintaining a disciplined underwriting approach across market cycles.