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Greenlight Re
Strong investment turnaround boosts Greenlight Re’s Q2 result
6th August 2019
Hedge fund style reinsurer Greenlight Re has recorded both underwriting income and an investment gain in the second-quarter of 2019, with net income of $15.3 million significantly improving from the $37.4 million net loss for the same period last year. The investment-oriented reinsurer has reported net underwriting income of $1.5 million ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re invests in New Zealand MGA startup, Cove
22nd July 2019
Greenlight Re Innovations, a division of property and casualty (P&C) reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., has made a strategic investment in New Zealand domiciled personal lines digital managing general agent (MGA), Cove Limited. Cove was launched in September 2018 and provides consumers with the ability to purchase insurance solutions online via ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re Innovations invests in specialist travel insurer, Battleface
2nd July 2019
Greenlight Re Innovations, a division of specialist hedge fund-backed property and casualty reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, has made a strategic investment in specialist travel managing general agent, Battleface, Inc. Battleface specialises in insurance services for travel to remote, unstable or dangerous parts of the world. The company's tech-driven platform is designed ... Read the full article
A.M. Best turns negative on Greenlight Re due to underwriting concerns
3rd June 2019
Hedge fund style reinsurer Greenlight Re has had its outlook revised from stable to negative by A.M. Best, due to concerns about its track record of poor underwriting performances. The revised outlooks apply to Greenlight Re, as well as its subsidiaries, Greenlight Reinsurance, Ltd. (Cayman Islands) and Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland, Designated ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re Innovations backs online dispute resolution start-up
21st May 2019
Greenlight Re Innovations, part of the specialist hedge fund-backed property and casualty reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, has announced a strategic investment in FairClaims, an online insurance and consumer dispute resolution start-up. Based in Los Angeles, FairClaims has developed an online system that helps claimants to drive settlement via negotiation and mediation. It ... Read the full article
Investment income offsets underwriting loss for Greenlight Re in Q1
7th May 2019
Hedge fund style reinsurer Greenlight Re has reported investment income of $32.3 million for the first-quarter of 2019, which more than offset a quarterly underwriting loss as the firm announces Q1 net income of $5.9 million. Net income of $5.9 million compares with a net loss of $142.8 million for the ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re maintains optimism despite weak financial performance in 2018
28th February 2019
The impact of Hurricane Michael and the California wildfires, combined with a testing investment environment has resulted in a $80.8 million Q4 2018 net loss for hedge fund backed reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re. The $80.8 million fourth-quarter 2018 net loss compares to a $37.7 million net loss for the same period ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re to make second investment in tech-driven MGU AccuRisk
15th January 2019
Cayman Islands-based specialist property and casualty reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re has announced plans to invest in AccuRisk Solutions, a managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on employee and health insurance benefits. It's believed this investment will facilitate AccusRisk’s planned expansion via a series of strategic acquisitions in North America. Having first invested in ... Read the full article
The struggle continues for hedge fund reinsurers
3rd January 2019
Hedge fund backed reinsurers Greenlight Capital Re and Third Point Re both reported negative investment returns in the final month of 2018, contributing to negative returns for the full-year and once again bringing the efficacy of this business model into question. Greenlight Re recorded its steepest monthly decline of the year ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re appoints Validus’ Neil Greenspan as CAO
10th December 2018
Specialist hedge fund-backed property and casualty reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re has announced the appointment of Neil Greenspan to the role of Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), effective December 31. Greenspan brings 20 years’ experience within the re/insurance industry and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Financial Reporting of Validus Group. Previously, he ... Read the full article
Belfatti joins re/insurance-focused investor Searchlight Capital as advisor
4th December 2018
Former Chief Operating Officer of Greenlight Re, Michael Belfatti, has joined Searchlight Capital Partners as a Senior Advisor. In his new role Belfatti will be involved at a senior level in the firm’s Insurance and Financial Services activities, where he has considerable experience from his time in a series of operating ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re unit continues insurtech drive with Click2Sure investment
17th October 2018
Greenlight Re Innovations, part of the specialist hedge fund-backed property and casualty reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, has invested in the digital insurance platform Click2Sure. South Africa-based Click2Sure has developed a comprehensive digital platform for distributing, managing and purchasing insurance at the point of sale. Launched by Daniel Guasco and Jacques Van Niekerk ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re unit makes second insurtech investment in as many weeks
5th October 2018
Greenlight Re Innovations, part of the specialist hedge fund backed property and casualty (P&C) reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, has invested in Sana Benefits, an Austin-based third party administrator (TPA) startup focused on the U.S self-insured health market. Having commenced providing administrative services on September 1, 2018, Sana Benefits’ Software as a Service (SaaS) ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re unit leads Galileo Series A funding round
28th September 2018
Greenlight Re Innovations, part of the specialist hedge fund backed property and casualty (P&C) reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, has made a strategic investment in Galileo Platforms, a Hong Kong-based Platform as a Service (PAAS) business focused on emerging markets in Asia. Greenlight Re Innovations believes the secure platform will reduce IT costs ... Read the full article
Hedge fund reinsurer model shows signs of promise, but challenges remain
1st August 2018
Hedge fund reinsurers Greenlight Capital Re and Third Point Re have now both reported their second-quarter and half-year 2018 financial results, which, continues to show divergent performance in a challenging marketplace. The business model of the hedge fund reinsurance entities, of which Greenlight Re and Third Point Re are the most ... Read the full article
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