Company: KG
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001104659-25-028251
Chunk: 154

Company: Kestrel Group Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 424B3
Chunk 154
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 also served as Partner and Portfolio Manager at Oxbow Advisors and as Vice President of Investment Management at NYC based investment firm, BBR Partners. Mr. Cohen earned his M.B.A. from The Zicklin School of Business and his B.B.A. from The George Washington University. He has also been involved in several philanthropic causes over the years including Dell Children’s Trust, as a board member of ADL Austin, and as a cabinet member and Investment Committee member of the Jewish Foundation of

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Austin and Central Texas. We believe Mr. Cohen is well qualified to serve on the Bermuda NewCo board because of his extensive experience in corporate governance and investment management.

Michael Hotchkiss currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Hotchkiss Insurance, a retail insurance brokerage with five offices across Texas. He has served as CEO since 2015, leading the firm while also serving select clients, giving him direct insight into the insurance marketplace and specific client needs. Hotchkiss Insurance is an organic growth firm and was recently recognized in the Business Insurance Top 100 US insurance brokers in 2024 and also just received the 2024 MAX Performer Regional Winner — Southwest from MarshBerry. This achievement is awarded to the member firm with the highest financial and operational metrics within the MarshBerry firm group. Prior to joining Hotchkiss Insurance in 1999, Mr. Hotchkiss earned his B.B.A. in accounting at Texas A&M University and joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in the financial service audit assurance practice, with a focus auditing insurance and banking clients. Mr. Hotchkiss holds several professional designations including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), and Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designations. He is currently a board member of Columbia Insurance Group, a mutual insurance company based in Columbia, Missouri and operating across the south and mid-western U.S., serving on the Audit and Compensation committees. Past board experience includes the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, Independent Insurance Agents of Houston and school board service at Covenant Academy. We believe that Mr. Hotchkiss’s financial background, insurance executive leadership and board member experience makes him qualified to serve on the Bermuda NewCo board.

Steven Nigro has been a member of Maiden’s board since July 2007, Lead Independent Director since November 2016, Vice Chairman since August 2018, and currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Nigro