GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE LTD

The following table provides a breakdown of our total investments:

At December 31, 2024, our total investments increased by $128.1 million, or 38.6%, to $460.3 million from December 31, 2023. The increase was predominantly driven by $94.6 million of net contributions into Solasglas, coupled with the 9.8% net investment return in 2024. The contributions were funded partially from cash flows from operations and from the partial release of restricted cash.

Investments in Solasglas

DME Advisors reports the composition of Solasglas’ portfolio on a delta-adjusted basis, which it believes is the appropriate manner to assess the exposure and profile of investments and reflects how it manages the portfolio. An option’s delta is the option price’s sensitivity to the underlying stock (or commodity) price. The delta-adjusted basis is the number of shares or contracts underlying the option multiplied by the delta and the underlying stock (or commodity) price.

The following table represents the composition of Solasglas’ investments:

The above exposure analysis does not include cash (U.S. dollar and foreign currencies), gold and other commodities, credit default swaps, sovereign debt, foreign currency derivatives, interest rate derivatives, inflation swaps and other macro positions. Under this methodology, a total return swap’s exposure is reported at its full notional amount and options are reported at their delta-adjusted basis. At December 31, 2024, Solasglas’ exposure to gold on a delta-adjusted basis was 10.1% (2023: 11.2%).

At December 31, 2024, 94.5% of Solasglas’ portfolio was valued based on quoted prices in actively traded markets (Level 1), 3.9% was composed of instruments valued based on observable inputs other than quoted prices (Level 2), and no instruments valued based on non-observable inputs (Level 3). At December 31, 2024, 1.6% of Solasglas’ portfolio consisted of private equity funds valued using the funds’ net asset values as a practical expedient.

Other Investments

The other investment holdings relate to private investments made by Innovations. At December 31, 2024, total other investments decreased marginally since December 31, 2023. During 2024 we made $1.7 million of new private investments compared to $7.1 million in the prior year. The increase in private investments was offset by $0.9 million of proceeds from a partial sale of one our holdings, coupled with net unfavorable change in fair value.

While we manage a diversified Innovations-related investment portfolio, our top five holdings accounted for 70% (2023: 67%) of the total carrying value. For further information, see Note 4 “Other Investments” of the consolidated financial statements.

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

We use our restricted cash and cash equivalents primarily for funding trusts and letters of credit issued to our ceding insurers. Our restricted cash decreased by $20.2 million, or 3.3%, from $604.6 million at December 31, 2023, to $584.4 million at December 31, 2024, primarily due to release of collateral from our ceding insurers relating to legacy contracts in runoff.

Reinsurance balances receivable

Our reinsurance balances receivable increased by $85.1 million, or 13.7%, to $704.5 million from $619.4 million at December 31, 2023. This was driven primarily by $66.7 million increase in premiums receivable, net of collections, and $19.6 million in funds withheld from new and renewed reinsurance treaties.

Loss and LAE Reserves; Loss and LAE Recoverable

Our total gross loss and LAE reserves increased by $199.4 million, or 30.1%, to $861.0 million from $661.6 million at December 31, 2023. See Note 7 “Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” of the consolidated financial statements for a summary of changes in outstanding loss and LAE reserves, current year CAT losses, prior period reserve development, and analysis of our incurred and paid claims development and claims duration for each of our reporting segments. In addition, refer to “Critical Accounting Estimates - Loss and LAEReserves” within this MD&A for information on the reserving techniques, assumptions and processes we follow to estimate our loss and LAE reserves.

Our total loss and LAE recoverable increased by $60.1 million, or 234.0%, to $85.8 million since December 31, 2023, driven primarily by retrocession coverage on the current year CAT loss events and on the adverse reserve development relating to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Virtually all the outstanding balance is based on estimated recoveries not yet due. See Note 8 “Retrocession” of the consolidated financial statements for a description of the credit risk associated with our retrocessionaires.

Catastrophe Loss Exposure

Most of our contracts have defined limits of liability that cap our risk exposure. Once these limits are reached, we are not liable for further losses. However, some contracts, especially quota share contracts covering first-dollar exposure, lack aggregate limits.

Our property and Lloyd’s business, and to a lesser extent our casualty and other business, in the Open Market segment include contracts with natural peril loss exposure. We monitor our catastrophe loss exposure using PML (net of retrocession and reinstatement premiums), which can vary based on simulated losses and our in-force business composition.

We track natural peril PMLs globally, focusing on peak peril regions and subdividing large geographic areas into individual peril zones. For natural catastrophe PMLs, we use catastrophe models at the 1-in-250-year return period, indicating a 0.4% probability of exceeding the estimated losses in any given year.

PMLs are best estimates based on available modeled data, and actual events may differ significantly from these models. Our PML estimates cover all significant exposures from our reinsurance operations, including property, marine and energy, motor, and catastrophe workers’ compensation.

At January 1, 2025, our estimated largest PML at a 1-in-250-year return period for a single event and in aggregate was $116.3 million and $129.1 million, respectively, both relating to the peril of North Atlantic Hurricane, compared to $89.7 million and $97.0 million, respectively, at January 1, 2024. Our PMLs increased as we grew our clients and accessed new business that met our profitability requirements.

The below table contains the expected modeled loss for each of our peak peril regions and sub-regions for both a single event loss and aggregate loss measures at the 1-in-250-year return period.