Non-Life Insurance
Lancashire Holdings is a specialist insurer and reinsurer focused on complex, high-severity risks. It writes property, energy, marine, aviation, political and other specialty classes through London, Bermuda and international platforms.
Specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriting, including property catastrophe, energy, marine, aviation, political risk and other complex commercial lines.
Global specialty and reinsurance markets, with business written through London, Bermuda and other international insurance centres.
Insurance pricing, premium growth, catastrophe experience, loss ratios, reserve development, investment returns, underwriting discipline and capital returns.
Large catastrophe and war-related losses, adverse reserve development, pricing cycles, accumulation of exposures, investment-market volatility, regulatory change and unexpected major claims.
29 July 2026: first-half profit after tax rose to $141.7m from $109.2m, the insurance service result reached $198.8m and the combined ratio was 80.7%. Lancashire declared a 7.5-cent interim dividend and said it remained on track for a high-teens return on equity.
Pays ordinary dividends with specials when surplus capital allows. The 2025 final dividend of 15 US cents went ex-dividend on 14 May 2026 and was paid on 12 June; a 50-cent special went ex-dividend on 19 March and was paid on 17 April. The 2026 interim of 7.5 cents went ex-dividend on 6 August and is payable on 4 September.
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