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Kinsale Capital Group Inc (KNSL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KNSL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.17 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How KNSL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.17 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Kinsale Capital Group Inc moved 0.17% on average · correlation 0.04 · higher than 18% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.61 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.14% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.33% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Insurance - Property & Casualty · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance - Property & Casualty

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against KNSL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Kinsale Capital Group Inc

KNSL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kinsale Capital Group underwrites specialty casualty and property cover across the United States, focusing on smaller, harder-to-place commercial risks that standard insurers tend to avoid. It writes many lines, from commercial property and general casualty to professional liability, environmental, aviation and entertainment risk, alongside some personal cover such as high-value homeowners insurance. It sells nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, through a network of independent brokers rather than direct sales. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia, and went public in 2016.
Where it sits in the stack
Kinsale holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the diary's insurance sleeve within financial services, as a specialty underwriter of excess-and-surplus commercial and personal risk.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for Kinsale in our data; the market usually places it alongside other excess-and-surplus insurers such as W. R. Berkley.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Kinsale carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition. It does carry a Closelooknet score, but only one module is scored so far, so the score is still being built.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether pricing discipline in excess-and-surplus lines holds as more capacity enters the market, since that would test how selective Kinsale stays in choosing which risks to write.

Kinsale Capital Group Inc (KNSL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.07%, annual · last 0.25 USD on 2026-05-28

Dividends and capital return

What KNSL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.25 USD per share · a 0.07% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-06
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-28
  • By calendar year 2026: 0.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-05-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Kinsale Capital Group Inc (KNSL)?

Kinsale Capital Group Inc trades as KNSL on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is KNSL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Kinsale Capital Group Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does KNSL trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.3% vs the 50-day and -5% vs the 200-day average, 30.4% below the 52-week high and +17.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 23 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Kinsale Capital Group Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Insurance - Property & Casualty), Kinsale Capital Group Inc (KNSL) sits 30.4% below its 52-week high, 7.3% below its 50-day average; Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (FFH.TO) is 17.4% below, Definity Financial Corp (DFY.TO) is 19.2% below, W. R. Berkley Corp (WRB) is 10.1% below. Put any of them next to KNSL in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Kinsale Capital Group Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Kinsale Capital Group Inc had a beta of 0.17 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 18% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.14% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Kinsale Capital Group Inc do?

Kinsale Capital Group underwrites specialty casualty and property cover across the United States, focusing on smaller, harder-to-place commercial risks that standard insurers tend to avoid. It writes many lines, from commercial property and general casualty to professional liability, environmental, aviation and entertainment risk, alongside some personal cover such as high-value homeowners insurance. It sells nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, through a network of independent brokers rather than direct sales. No peer group is set for Kinsale in our data; the market usually places it alongside other excess-and-surplus insurers such as W. R. Berkley.

Where does Kinsale Capital Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Kinsale holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the diary's insurance sleeve within financial services, as a specialty underwriter of excess-and-surplus commercial and personal risk. Kinsale carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition. It does carry a Closelooknet score, but only one module is scored so far, so the score is still being built.

Does Kinsale Capital Group Inc pay a dividend?

Kinsale Capital Group Inc has paid 0.25 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 0.07% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-05-28. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KNSL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Insurance - Property & Casualty, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.