GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE LTD

Liquidity is a measure of a company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet the short-term and long-term cash requirements of its business operations. We manage liquidity at the holding company and operating subsidiary level.

Holding Company

Greenlight Capital Re is a holding company with no operations of its own and its assets consist primarily of investments in its subsidiaries. Accordingly, Greenlight Capital Re’s future cash flows depend on the availability of dividends or other statutorily permissible distributions, such as returns of capital, from its subsidiaries. The ability to pay dividends and/or distributions is limited by:

•the applicable laws and regulations of the countries in which Greenlight Capital Re’s subsidiaries operate (see Note 18 “Statutory Requirements” to the consolidated financial statements);

•the need to maintain adequate capital levels to support our reinsurance operations; and

•the need to preserve our current “A- (Excellent)” rating with a stable outlook by A.M. Best.

As a holding company, Greenlight Capital Re has minimal continuing cash needs, most of which are related to the payment of corporate and general administrative expenses and interest expenses. Our current policy is to retain earnings to support the growth of our business. We currently do not expect to pay dividends on our ordinary shares.

We anticipate positive cash flows from operations (underwriting activities and investment income) to be sufficient to cover cash outflows under most loss scenarios in the near term. Based on expected cash flows from operations, financing arrangements and redemptions from related party investment fund as needed (subject to three day’s notice to the general partner), we believe we have sufficient liquidity to cover our working capital requirements and other contractual obligations and commitments through the foreseeable future.

Operating Subsidiaries

Our sources of funds from operating subsidiaries consist primarily of premium receipts (net of brokerage and ceding commissions), investment income, and other income. We use cash from our operations to pay losses and loss adjustment expenses, profit commissions, interest, and G&A expenses. Our reinsurance business inherently provides liquidity as premiums are received well in advance of the time claims are paid. However, the amount of cash required to fund loss payments can fluctuate significantly from period to period due to the low frequency / high severity nature of certain types of business we write.

The following table summarizes our sources and uses of funds:

(1)Cash includes unrestricted and restricted cash and cash equivalents - see Note 5 of the consolidated financial statements.

Cash provided by operating activities

The increase in cash provided by operating activities was driven mainly by $42.7 million improved underwriting income, coupled with the ebb and flow from our underwriting activities, which may vary significantly from period to period depending on the mix of business, the nature of underwriting opportunities available and volume of claims submitted to us by our cedents.

Cash used in investing activities

The increase in cash used for investing activities was driven mainly by the net change in our investment in SILP where we made a net contribution of $52.0 million during 2023 compared to a net redemption of $60.2 million during 2022. During 2023, we deployed $6.1 million less on Innovations-related investments compared to 2022, and collected $6.0 million of proceeds from a matured term deposit.

Cash used in financing activities

The decrease in cash used in our financing activities was due to drawing $74.1 million from the new Loan Facility, offset by the repayment of the remaining Convertible Notes on August 1, 2023, in addition to the partial repurchase of these Convertible Notes at a discount in 2023. In 2022, we had repurchased $19.8 million of our Convertible Notes.