Greenlight Re News

Greenlight Re Names TransRe’s Richardson as CEO to Succeed Burton

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands-based multiline property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced that Simon Burton, the company’s chief executive officer intends to step down, effective Dec. 31, 2023. He will be succeeded as CEO and a member of the …

MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets

Many reinsurers across the globe increasingly have been doing business with certain select managing general agents (MGAs), seen as market innovators, by reinsuring the fronting insurers that provide the paper for MGAs to underwrite. In recent years, it is a …

Greenlight Re Invests in Insurtech That Provides Security Deposit Replacement Insurance

Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), a Cayman Islands-based subsidiary of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has announced an investment in Garentii GmbH, a security deposit replacement insurance MGA and platform in Germany. Garentii, a Munich-headquartered insurtech, provides an insurance-based alternative, offering security …

Greenlight Re Innovations Invests in Australia’s Audit Insurance Startup AuditCover

Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., announced an investment in AuditCover Australia Pty Ltd., a tax audit insurtech. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. AuditCover is an insurance distribution platform that combines the fundamentals …

Greenlight Re Innovations Invests in Cargo Insurtech Startup Redkik

Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has announced an investment in insurtech startup Redkik Inc., a cargo insurance administration and analytics platform. Cargo insurance policies have traditionally been written on an annual basis and priced based …

Greenlight Re Innovations Gets ‘In-Principle’ Nod to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate

Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Cayman Islands-headquartered Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s to establish an insurtech-focused syndicate. Syndicate 3456, which will commence operations in the second quarter of 2022, will be established under Lloyd’s …

What Ever Happened to Hedge Fund Reinsurers?

The latest group of reinsurers to emerge in the Bermuda market is starting to look different. Even the name that once described the cohort has changed in the past five years. And at least one member of the group of …

Greenlight Re ‘Refreshes’ Executive Team, with New Chief Underwriting Officer and CFO

Greenlight Capital Re, the Cayman Islands-based specialist property and casualty reinsurance company, has appointed Greenlight Re’s chief executive officer, Simon Burton, to serve also as the company’s chief underwriting officer, succeeding Brendan Barry, who resigned from the company on Sept. …

Greenlight Re Decides Against Sale After Completing Strategic Review

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., the Cayman Islands-headquartered reinsurer, announced it has decided to continue with its existing business plan after completing a strategic review of transaction alternatives. Following a recommendation made by a special committee composed of independent directors, the …

UK Insurtech Startup battleface Receives Investment from Fintech Ventures Fund

Insurtech startup battleface Inc., a UK firm that provides travel insurance products for unconventional travelers worldwide, announced it has successfully closed its seed financing round with backing from leading strategic and venture capital investors. Atlanta, Ga.-based Fintech Ventures Fund has …