Kinsale Capital Group Promotes Patrick L. Dalton to Lead Kinsale Casualty Underwriting; Stuart J. Samuel Announces Retirement

RICHMOND, Va., March 01, 2018 -- Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNSL) – Kinsale Insurance Company announced today that Patrick L. Dalton has been promoted to Vice President, Casualty Underwriting, effective March 1, 2018. Kinsale Insurance Company also announced that Stuart J. Samuel, Senior Vice President, Casualty Underwriting, will retire from his full-time position effective July 31, 2018 and transition into a two year part-time role in marketing and special assignments.

Michael P. Kehoe, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We congratulate Pat on his new responsibilities and are confident that he will excel in his new role.  We will always appreciate Stu’s contributions as he led our casualty underwriting team to tremendous success since our founding in 2009.  Although Stu is stepping down from a full-time role after July, we are pleased that his knowledge and expertise will continue to be available to our company.”

Previously, Mr. Dalton managed Kinsale’s Products Liability Division.  Prior to joining Kinsale, he held various underwriting positions at James River Insurance Company and United States Liability Insurance.  Mr. Dalton earned a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University.

Mr. Dalton and Mr. Samuel are employees of Kinsale Management, Inc., the management services company of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. Casualty Underwriting includes seven underwriting divisions within Kinsale Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Kinsale Capital Group.

About Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. 

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. is a specialty insurance group headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, focusing on the excess and surplus lines market.

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