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GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 9, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Mar 9, 2026

GLRE$16.13+0.3%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Financial Condition

The following table provides a breakdown of our total investments:

At December 31, · 2025 · 2024
Investment in Solasglas$504,55579.7%$387,14484.1%
Fixed maturities65,60910.4%——%
Other investments62,9119.9%73,16015.9%
Total investments$633,075100.0%$460,304100.0%

At December 31, 2025, our total investments increased by $172.8 million, or 37.5%, to $633.1 million from December 31, 2024..

Our investment in Solasglas increased by $117.4 million to $504.6 million at December 31, 2025. This was predominantly driven by $81.7 million of net contributions into Solasglas, coupled with the 7.5% net investment return in 2025. The contributions were funded partially from cash flows from operations and from the partial release of restricted cash and FAL.

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 as a percentage of the investment portfolio:

At December 31,20252024
Long %Short %Long %Short %
Equities and related derivatives91.0(53.3)73.9(43.3)
Private and unlisted equity securities1.9—2.1—
Debt instruments0.1—0.1—
Total93.0%(53.3)%76.1%(43.3)%

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, 2025, Solasglas’ exposure to gold on a delta-adjusted basis was 11.9% (2024: 10.1%).

At December 31, 2025, 94.7% of Solasglas’ portfolio was valued based on quoted prices in actively traded markets (Level 1), 4.1% was composed of instruments valued based on observable inputs other than quoted prices (Level 2), and no instruments were valued based on non-observable inputs (Level 3). At December 31, 2025, 1.2% of Solasglas’ portfolio consisted of private equity funds valued using the funds’ net asset values as a practical expedient.

Fixed Maturities

In late 2025, we began investing funds held in certain regulatory trusts for U.S. cedents in a managed fixed maturity portfolio as well as cash held by Syndicate 3456 in a Lloyd’s approved liquidity fund to generate higher yields on these assets.

The following table provides the credit quality distribution of our fixed maturity portfolio at December 31, 2025.

Credit Rating
Fair Value · AAA · AA- to AA+ · A to A+ · Not Subject to Credit Rating
Fixed Maturities:
U.S. government and agencies$17,979$—$17,979$—$—
Agency RMBS18,258—18,258——
Corporate bonds9,7692,6387,131—
ABS5,5655,565———
Non-agency RMBS600600
Municipal bonds857—857——
Total fixed maturity portfolio53,0286,16539,7327,131—
Liquidity fund12,581———12,581
Total fixed maturity investments$65,609$6,165$39,732$7,131$12,581

Our methodology for assigning credit ratings to fixed maturity securities utilizes a rules-based methodology, typically employing the middle rating of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s, and Fitch ratings. When ratings from only two of these three agencies are available, the lower rating is used. When only one agency rates a security, that rating is used.

At December 31, 2025, the fixed maturity portfolio had a weighted average credit rating of AA+, a book yield of 3.8%, and an average duration of 1.3 years. See Notes 4 “Fixed Maturities” and Note 7 “Fair Value Measurements” for further details.

Other Investments

The other investment holdings relate to private investments made by Innovations. At December 31, 2025, other investments decreased by $10.2 million to $62.9 million, from $73.2 million at December 31, 2024. The decrease was driven mainly by net investment losses, coupled with the partial sale of two holdings during 2025. This was partially offset by $4.1 million of new investments in 2025.

While we manage a diversified Innovations-related investment portfolio, our top five holdings accounted for 53% (2024: 70%) of the total carrying value. For further information, see Note 5 “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 $52.4 million, or 9.0%, to $532.0 million since December 31, 2024, primarily due to transferring funds held in certain regulatory trusts for U.S. cedents into a managed fixed maturity portfolio.

Reinsurance balances receivable

Our reinsurance balances receivable decreased by $40.1 million, or 5.7%, to $664.4 million since December 31, 2024. This decrease was driven primarily by $25.8 million net reduction in funds held by cedents and $69.1 million net release of FAL; partially offset by $58.0 million increase in premiums held by Lloyd’s syndicates. The net release of FAL was as a result of substituting it with a £45 million LC in favor of Lloyd’s (see 10 “Debt and Credit Facilities”).

Loss and LAE Reserves; Loss and LAE Recoverable

Our total gross loss and LAE reserves increased by $107.0 million, or 12.4%, to $968.0 million since December 31, 2024. See Note 8 “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 LAE Reserves” 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 decreased by $4.4 million, or 5.1%, to $81.4 million since December 31, 2024, mainly due to updated estimate for loss recoveries from prior years. Virtually all the outstanding balance is based on estimated recoveries not yet due. See Note 9 “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, 2026, our estimated largest PML at a 1-in-250-year return period for a single event and in aggregate was $138.8 million and $151.2 million, respectively, both relating to the peril of North Atlantic Hurricane, compared to $116.3 million and $129.1 million, respectively, at January 1, 2025. 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.

January 1, 2026
Net 1-in-250 Year Return Period
PerilSingle Event LossAggregate Loss
North Atlantic Hurricane$138,805$151,247
Florida Hurricane97,857101,080
Southeast Hurricane (excluding Florida)114,122117,190
Gulf of Mexico Hurricane70,84171,377
Northeast Hurricane86,21789,067
North America Earthquake
California Earthquake112,384113,921
Pacific Northwest Earthquake34,85634,866
New Madrid Earthquake17,92417,924
Japan Earthquake34,68135,294
Japan Windstorm19,61220,386
Europe Windstorm71,63075,716
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