Our history

Enstar is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock market (ticker symbol: ESGR), established to acquire and manage insurance and reinsurance companies in run-off and to provide  management, consulting and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry.

The run-off origins of Enstar date back to 1993 when Castlewood Limited, a Bermuda company, was established by Dominic Silvester, Paul O’Shea and Nick Packer to take advantage of the largely ignored run-off ‘niche’ in the reinsurance industry.

In 2001 Castlewood Limited entered into a joint venture with The Enstar Group, Inc., (a US public company whose largest shareholder was Chris Flowers) and Trident II, L.P. (an investment fund then managed by Marsh & McLennan) to form Castlewood Holdings Limited.

In January 2007 Castlewood Holdings Limited merged with The Enstar Group, Inc. and took on the name Enstar Group Limited, thereby facilitating greater access to public markets and continued growth.