Company: KG
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0002055116-25-000018
Chunk: 418

Company: Kestrel Group Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 418
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 comply could have a material adverse effect on Kestrel Group’s business.

Kestrel Group’s insurance subsidiaries are required to comply with a wide variety of laws and regulations applicable to insurance or reinsurance companies, both in the jurisdictions in which they are organized and where they sell their insurance and reinsurance products. The insurance and regulatory environment has become subject to increased scrutiny in many jurisdictions, including the U.S., various states within the U.S. and the EU. In the past, there have been Congressional and other initiatives in the U.S. regarding increased supervision and regulation of the insurance industry. It is not possible to predict the future impact of changes in laws and regulations on Kestrel Group’s operations.

Compliance with applicable laws and regulations is time-consuming and personnel-intensive, and changes in these laws and regulations may materially increase costs of compliance. In the future, states may make existing insurance laws and regulation more restrictive or enact new restrictive laws. In such event, the combined company may seek to cut down its business in, or withdraw entirely from, these states. Additionally, from time to time, the United States Congress and certain federal agencies investigate the current condition of the insurance industry to determine whether federal regulation is necessary. Currently, the U.S. federal government does not directly regulate the property and casualty insurance business. However, Dodd-Frank Act established a Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) within the Department of the Treasury. The FIO initially is charged with monitoring all aspects of the insurance industry (other than health insurance, certain long-term care insurance and crop insurance), gathering data and developing methods to modernize and improve the insurance regulatory system in the United 

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States. The FIO continues to support the current state-based regulatory regime but will consider federal regulation should the states fail to take steps to greater uniformity. The combined company cannot fully predict the impacts of any new legislation on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, Kestrel Group’s subsidiaries may not always be able to obtain or maintain necessary licenses, permits, authorizations or accreditations. They also may not be able to fully comply with, or to obtain appropriate exemptions from, the laws and regulations applicable to them. Any failure to comply with applicable law or to obtain appropriate exemptions could result in restrictions on either the ability of the company in question, as well as potentially its affiliates, to do business in one or more of the jurisdictions in which they operate or on brokers on which the combined company may rely. In addition, any such failure to comply