Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

2221 Edward Holland Drive, Suite 600

Richmond, VA 23230

May 10, 2017

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Attn:

Suzanne Hayes
Assistant Director

Re:

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-217754

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) so that the Registration Statement, as then amended, will become effective under the Securities Act at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 11, 2017 or as soon thereafter as practicable

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Dwight S. Yoo at (212) 735-2573 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

	Very truly yours,

	KINSALE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

	By:	/s/ Michael P. Kehoe
	Name:	Michael P. Kehoe
	Title:	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

cc:	Dwight S. Yoo, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Four Times Square New York, NY 10036