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A sidecar is a special purpose reinsurer set up by the ceding investor or reinsurer, providing a quota share reinsurance protection exclusively for the sponsor. The reinsurer is funded by debt or equity financing from private investors in the capital market, and is fully collateralised. The vehicle may be fully capitalised by third-party investors, but often the sponsors retains an equity stake, thereby aligning the interest of the sponsor and investors. As with a traditional reinsurer, the sidecar enters in a quota share agreement with the cedent; however, this is likely to be the only policy it writes.


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