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Company snapshot — Kinsale Capital Group Inc

KNSL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kinsale Capital Group underwrites specialty casualty and property cover across the United States, focusing on smaller, harder-to-place commercial risks that standard insurers tend to avoid. It writes many lines, from commercial property and general casualty to professional liability, environmental, aviation and entertainment risk, alongside some personal cover such as high-value homeowners insurance. It sells nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, through a network of independent brokers rather than direct sales. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia, and went public in 2016.
Where it sits in the stack
Kinsale holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the diary's insurance sleeve within financial services, as a specialty underwriter of excess-and-surplus commercial and personal risk.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for Kinsale in our data; the market usually places it alongside other excess-and-surplus insurers such as W. R. Berkley.
Why Closelook tracks it
Kinsale carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition. It does carry a Closelook score, but only one module is scored so far, so the score is still being built.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether pricing discipline in excess-and-surplus lines holds as more capacity enters the market, since that would test how selective Kinsale stays in choosing which risks to write.

Kinsale Capital Group Inc (KNSL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for KNSL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Insurance - Property & Casualty · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance - Property & Casualty

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against KNSL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.07%, annual · last 0.25 USD on 2026-05-28

Dividends and capital return

What KNSL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.25 USD per share · a 0.07% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-28
  • By calendar year 2026: 0.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-05-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Kinsale Capital Group Inc (KNSL)?

Kinsale Capital Group Inc trades as KNSL on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is KNSL in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Kinsale Capital Group Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does KNSL trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2% vs the 50-day and +0.1% vs the 200-day average, 26.2% below the 52-week high and +24.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 11 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Kinsale Capital Group Inc do?

Kinsale Capital Group underwrites specialty casualty and property cover across the United States, focusing on smaller, harder-to-place commercial risks that standard insurers tend to avoid. It writes many lines, from commercial property and general casualty to professional liability, environmental, aviation and entertainment risk, alongside some personal cover such as high-value homeowners insurance. It sells nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, through a network of independent brokers rather than direct sales. No peer group is set for Kinsale in our data; the market usually places it alongside other excess-and-surplus insurers such as W. R. Berkley.

Where does Kinsale Capital Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Kinsale holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the diary's insurance sleeve within financial services, as a specialty underwriter of excess-and-surplus commercial and personal risk. Kinsale carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition. It does carry a Closelook score, but only one module is scored so far, so the score is still being built.

Does Kinsale Capital Group Inc pay a dividend?

Kinsale Capital Group Inc has paid 0.25 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 0.07% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-05-28. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KNSL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Insurance - Property & Casualty, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.