HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enstar Group Limited (“Enstar”) (Nasdaq: ESGR) announced today it has
entered into a joint venture to invest in Enhanzed Reinsurance Ltd. ("Enhanzed Re"), a Bermuda-based Class 4 and Class E
reinsurer. Enhanzed Re will reinsure life, non-life run-off, and property and casualty insurance business, initially sourced
from Allianz SE and Enstar.
Enstar, Allianz and Hillhouse affiliates have made equity investment commitments in aggregate of $470 million to Enhanzed
Re. Enstar will own 47.4% of the entity, with Allianz owning 24.9%, and an affiliate of Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd.
(“Hillhouse”) owning 27.7%.
Enstar will act as the (re)insurance manager for Enhanzed Re. Hillhouse will act as primary investment manager and an
affiliate of Allianz will also provide investment management services.
Enhanzed Re intends to write business from affiliates of its operating sponsors, Allianz and Enstar. It will seek to
underwrite business to maximize diversification by risk and geography.
Dominic Silvester, Enstar's Chief Executive Officer, said, "Enhanzed Re brings Enstar together with our established partners
Allianz and Hillhouse to provide a vehicle that will reinsure a diversified book of life and P&C reserves sourced through a
strong pipeline of opportunities provided by Enhanzed Re’s operating sponsors. Enhanzed Re will benefit from world-class
investment managers prudently managing capital while pursuing risk-adjusted returns. Through Enhanzed Re, Enstar gains
exposure to attractive life and P&C business and in return can offer opportunities for Enhanzed Re to participate in our future
significant legacy transactions. We look forward to working with our co-investors, Allianz and Hillhouse, in building this
business.”
About Enstar
Enstar is a multi-faceted insurance group, with over $15.1 billion in assets, that offers innovative capital release solutions
and specialty underwriting capabilities through its network of group companies in Bermuda, the United States, the United Kingdom,
Continental Europe, Australia, and other international locations. Enstar is a market leader in completing legacy acquisitions,
having acquired over 80 companies and portfolios since its formation in 2001. Enstar’s active underwriting businesses include the
StarStone group of companies, an A- rated global specialty insurance group with multiple global underwriting platforms, and the
Atrium group of companies, which manage and underwrite specialist insurance and reinsurance business for Lloyd’s Syndicate 609. For
further information about Enstar, see www.enstargroup.com.
About Allianz
The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 88 million retail and corporate
customers. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life
and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s
largest investors, managing over 650 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers while their asset managers Allianz Global
Investors and PIMCO manage an additional 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets.
About Hillhouse
Hillhouse partners with innovators across the consumer, healthcare, technology and services sectors to grow companies that will
revolutionize their industries. Hillhouse invests globally, with a special focus on Asia. Hillhouse works across the equity
spectrum, from incubation to buyouts to listed equities. Its clients are primarily pensions and non-profit institutions, and
Hillhouse is proud that its efforts help support educational scholarships, scientific innovation, and artistic achievement across
the world.
Cautionary Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Enstar and its
management team. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. In particular, Enstar may not be able to realize
the intended benefits of the joint venture on the terms summarized above. Additional important risk factors regarding Enstar
can be found under the heading "Risk Factors" in Enstar's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and are incorporated
herein by reference. Furthermore, Enstar undertakes no obligation to update any written or oral forward-looking statements or
publicly announce any updates or revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein, to reflect any change in its
expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying such statements,
except as required by law.
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