Potential Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE:KNSL) shareholders may wish to note that the Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer, Christopher Tangard, recently bought US$100k worth of stock, paying US$304 for each share. That's a very decent purchase to our minds and it grew their holding by a solid 11%.

The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Kinsale Capital Group

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, Frederick Russell, sold US$300k worth of shares at a price of US$374 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is US$313. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid US$365k for 1.01k shares. But insiders sold 951.00 shares worth US$357k. Overall, Kinsale Capital Group insiders were net buyers during the last year. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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Insider Ownership

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Kinsale Capital Group insiders own 5.4% of the company, currently worth about US$388m based on the recent share price. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Kinsale Capital Group Tell Us?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Kinsale Capital Group. Nice! So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. While conducting our analysis, we found that Kinsale Capital Group has 1 warning sign and it would be unwise to ignore it.

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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.

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