Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), a subsidiary of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., announced it has made a strategic investment in Handdii Pty Ltd., a property insurance claims fulfillment platform. Melbourne, Australia-based Handdii is reinventing property claim processes by seamlessly pairing insurance …
Greenlight Re Innovations has made a strategic investment in FairClaims, an online insurance and consumer dispute resolution startup based in Los Angeles, Calif. FairClaims is the sixth insurance technology business which Greenlight Re Innovations has invested in since it was …
Greenlight Capital Re, known informally as Greenlight Re, is losing its chief operating officer after he joined the company less than a year ago. The specialist property/casualty reinsurer disclosed that Michael Belfatti would be stepping down as of Sept. 1, …
Reinsurance companies increasingly are funding insurtech startups in order to structure more innovative products and improve their business efficiencies, but how much impact on the industry will these investments have? There are a number of reasons reinsurers are getting involved …
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based specialist property and casualty reinsurance company, has launched an innovation unit called Greenlight Re Innovations. Headed by Greenlight Re’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Belfatti, the new unit will use technology, data and new …
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn said a shift in favor of value stocks may soon be coming even after his firm posted its worst underperformance in almost two decades. “While we’ve never underperformed like this, our prior worst underperformance compared …
Greenlight Capital Re tapped a veteran Bermuda reinsurance executive as its new chief executive officer. Simon Burton is slated to become CEO of the hedge fund/specialist reinsurer as of July 1, 2017 and will also serve on the board of …
Greenlight Reinsurance Ltd. has been seeking to improve underwriting results after months of losses. But it apparently hasn’t moved fast enough for A.M. Best, which slapped it with credit ratings downgrades. A.M. Best said it downgraded the financial strength rating …
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer that counts on hedge fund manager David Einhorn to oversee its investment portfolio, reached a deal to expand in Europe and Asia as the company seeks to improve underwriting. The reinsurer’s Irish subsidiary is …
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., the company that counts on hedge fund manager Dan Loeb to oversee investments, posted its biggest profit since 2013 as his portfolio rebounded. Second-quarter net income more than tripled to $53.4 million, or 51 cents a …
