GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 9, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Mar 9, 2026
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Investments
Our Board of Directors reviews our investment portfolio activities and oversees our investment guidelines to meet our investment objectives. These investment guidelines, which may be amended, modified, or waived from time to time, take into account restrictions imposed on us by regulators, our liability mix, requirements to maintain an appropriate claims-paying rating by ratings agencies and requirements of lenders. We believe our predominantly equities-based value-oriented investment approach, while generating returns less predictable than those of a traditional fixed-income portfolios, complements our reinsurance business and will achieve higher rates of return over the long term than reinsurance companies that invest predominantly in fixed-income securities. We have designed our investment guidelines to maintain adequate liquidity to fund our reinsurance operations.
In late 2025, we began investing restricted cash and cash equivalents held in certain regulatory trusts for the benefit of our U.S. cedents in a fixed maturity investment portfolio to improve the yield on the restricted assets that we are unable to invest in Solasglas. The fixed maturity investment portfolio is managed by a third-party investment manager in accordance with fixed-income investment guidelines approved by our Board of Directors.
At December 31, 2025, our total investments were $633.1 million, of which 79.7% (2024 - 84.1%) was invested in Solasglas, 10.4% (2024 - nil%) in fixed maturity investments, and 9.9% (2024 - 15.9%) in Innovation-related investments.
Our investment portfolio is managed by DME Advisors, LP (“DME Advisors”), a value-oriented investment advisor that analyzes companies’ available financial data, business strategies, and prospects to identify undervalued and overvalued securities. DME Advisors is a related party as it is controlled by David Einhorn. Refer to Note 16 “Related Party Transactions” of the consolidated financial statements.
Effective September 1, 2018, we have entered into an amended and restated exempted limited partnership agreement of Solasglas (the “Solasglas LPA”), as amended from time to time, with DME Advisors II, LLC (“DME II”), as General Partner, Greenlight Re, GRIL and the initial limited partner (each, a “Partner”). Effective January 1, 2021, we reduced the maximum Investment Portfolio, as defined in the Solasglas LPA, from 100% to 50% of GLRE Surplus. Subsequently, this cap was raised to 60% effective January 1, 2023, and increased further to 70% on August 1, 2024. We present our investment in Solasglas under the caption “Investment in related party investment fund” in our consolidated balance sheets.
On September 1, 2018, Solasglas entered into an investment advisory agreement (the “IAA”) with DME Advisors, with an initial term ending on August 31, 2023, subject to automatic extensions for successive three-year terms. DME Advisors has the contractual right to manage substantially all of our investable assets and is required to follow our investment guidelines and act in a fair and equitable manner in allocating investment opportunities to Solasglas. However, DME Advisors is not otherwise restricted with respect to the nature or timing of making investments for Solasglas.
DME Advisors receives a monthly management fee at an annual rate of 1.5% of each limited partner’s Investment Portfolio, as provided in the Solasglas LPA. DME II receives a performance allocation based on the positive performance change of each limited partner’s capital account equal to 20% of net profits calculated per annum, subject to a loss carryforward provision.
The loss carryforward provision allows DME II to earn a reduced performance allocation of 10% on net profits in any year after the year in which a limited partner’s capital account incurs a loss until the limited partner has recouped all losses and has earned an additional amount equal to 150% of the loss. DME II is not entitled to a performance allocation in a year in which a capital account incurs a loss. At December 31, 2025, we estimate the reduced performance allocation of 10% to continue to be applied until Solasglas achieves additional investment returns of 66.6%, at which point the performance allocation will revert to 20%.
DME Advisors is required to follow our investment guidelines and act in a manner that it considers fair and equitable in allocating investment opportunities to us and Solasglas. However, the IAA does not otherwise impose any specific obligations or requirements concerning the allocation of time, effort, or investment opportunities to us and Solasglas or any restrictions on the nature or timing of investments for our or Solasglas’ account or other accounts that DME Advisors or its affiliates may manage. DME Advisors can outsource to sub-advisors without our consent or approval. If DME Advisors and any of its affiliates attempt to invest in the same opportunity simultaneously, DME Advisors and its affiliates may allocate the opportunity as they determine reasonably. Affiliates of DME Advisors presently serve as the general partner or the investment advisor of Greenlight Capital LP, Greenlight Capital Offshore, Ltd., GCOI Intermediate, LP, Greenlight Capital Offshore Master, Ltd., Greenlight Masters, LP, Greenlight Masters Qualified, LP, Greenlight Masters Offshore, Ltd., Greenlight Masters Offshore I, Ltd., Greenlight Masters Offshore Partners, Greenlight Masters Partners and several separately managed accounts (collectively, the “Greenlight Funds”).
We have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all our current and future subsidiaries to enter into the Solasglas LPA. Under the Solasglas LPA, we are contractually obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause substantially all investable assets of Greenlight Re and GRIL, with limited exceptions, to be contributed to Solasglas.
We have agreed to release DME II and DME Advisors and their affiliates from any liability arising out of the IAA or the Solasglas LPA, subject to certain exceptions. Furthermore, DME II has agreed to indemnify us against any liability incurred in connection with certain actions.
Under the Solasglas LPA, either GLRE Limited Partner may voluntarily withdraw all or part of its capital account for its operating needs by giving DME II at least three business days’ notice. Either of the GLRE Limited Partners may withdraw as a partner and fully withdraw all of its capital account from Solasglas on three business days’ notice if the limited partner’s board declares that a cause for withdrawal exists as per the Solasglas LPA.
Investment Strategy
DME Advisors implements a value-oriented investment strategy by taking long positions in perceived undervalued securities and short positions in perceived overvalued securities. DME Advisors aims to achieve high absolute returns while minimizing the risk of capital loss. DME Advisors attempts to determine the risk/return characteristics of potential investments by analyzing factors such as the risk that expected cash flows would not be achieved, the volatility of the cash flows, the leverage of the underlying business, and the security’s liquidity, among others.
DME Advisors is contractually obligated to adhere to our investment guidelines and make investment decisions on our behalf. These decisions may include buying publicly listed equity securities and corporate debt, selling securities short, and investing in private placements, futures, currencies, commodities, swaps, sovereign debt, derivatives, and other instruments.
Investment returns for Solasglas
In accordance with the Solasglas LPA, DME Advisors constructs a levered investment portfolio as agreed with the Company (the “Investment Portfolio” as defined in the Solasglas LPA). Investment returns, net of all fees and expenses, by quarter for the last five years are as follows:
| Quarter | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7.2% | 5.2% | (1.1)% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| 2nd | (4.0) | 1.2 | 10.9 | 4.9 | (0.9) |
| 3rd | (3.2) | 5.2 | (0.6) | 3.6 | (2.7) |
| 4th | 7.9 | (1.9) | 0.3 | 13.4 | 9.9 |
| Full Year | 7.5% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 25.3% | 7.5% |
The above investment returns are calculated monthly and compounded to calculate the quarterly and annual returns generated by our Investment Portfolio. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The monthly investment return is calculated by dividing the investment income/loss (net of fees and expenses) by the Investment Portfolio.
Fixed Maturity Investments
Our fixed maturity investments consist of the following:
| Third-party managed portfolio | $53,029 | 81% |
|---|---|---|
| Liquidity fund | 12,580 | 19% |
| Total fixed maturity investments | $65,609 | 100% |
Third-Party Managed Portfolio
Starting in the fourth quarter (“Q4”) 2025, we began investing a portion of our restricted cash and cash equivalents held in regulatory trusts to a fixed maturity investment portfolio managed by a third party investment manager. These asset are held for the benefit of our U.S. cedents in connection with reinsurance agreements and are therefore restricted.
The funds are invested in fixed maturity securities subject to the investment guidelines of the respective trusts and the Company’s fixed-income investment guidelines as established by our Board of Directors. This enables us to leverage the expertise of a reputable investment manager specializing in fixed maturity investments to generate higher risk-adjusted returns relative to maintaining funds as restricted cash and cash equivalents.
Liquidity Fund
Starting in Q4 2025, we also transferred the cash held by Syndicate 3456 into a liquidity fund approved by Lloyd’s (“Liquidity fund”), to generate higher yields on liquid assets.
Innovation-related Investments
See “Innovations Segment” within this Item 1. Business for further information.
For further information about our total investments and related investment income, refer to “Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -Financial Condition” and “Note 3 -Investments in Related Party Investments Fund and Note 5 -Other Investments” of the consolidated financial statements.
Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise risk management (“ERM”) is at the core of our corporate culture and is a shared responsibility across all business functions. Our ERM processes are in place to accurately identify, assess, manage, and monitor risks in line with our strategic objectives and risk appetite.
We maintain an Executive Risk Committee (ERC) which oversees the ERM function and is responsible for the design and review of risk management framework (RMF), comprised of various members of our executive team. The Board of Directors approves the RMF on an annual basis or as appropriate.
The RMF sets out the risk management roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders across the organization, and sets the quantitative and qualitative metrics of our risk appetite, risk monitoring, and risk mitigation measures. Risk metrics from risk owners are gathered and collated on at least a quarterly basis and a risk grid is presented to the ERC and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
One of the key objectives of our ERM function is to ensure that our underwriting efforts comply with explicitly stated underwriting appetite. We establish limits to balance our risk position size with our expertise while containing the cost of incorrectly assessing risks and rewards. We believe that an informed, disciplined risk selection approach ties directly into our business strategy. To achieve this, we encourage a collaborative, open work environment and group decision making. We closely monitor our accumulations of exposure and frequently review our investment and underwriting portfolios to assess the impact on capital under stressed scenarios. With the assistance of DME
Advisors, we analyze our investment assets and liabilities, including the numerous risk components in our portfolio, such as concentration and liquidity risks.
We strive to encourage a culture of operational risk management, providing training and resources to all staff, maintaining robust business continuity protocols, and establishing HR practices to motivate and retain talent. We maintain and closely monitor our outsourcing, regulatory, and anti-money laundering policies and procedures.
Information Technology (“IT”)
We employ a cloud-centric IT strategy, which allow us to scale our infrastructure dynamically based on demand. The strategy prioritizes the use of cloud services for hosting applications, data storage, and other IT resources. With the use of cloud-based services, our security and systems reliability have proven cost-effective and have provided the required levels of service and redundancy.
We have implemented backup procedures to ensure that key services are saved daily and can be restored as needed.
We have a disaster recovery plan for our IT infrastructure that includes data and system snapshots with restore points. We conduct regular disaster recovery testing, and can access our core systems with minor outages and restore our primary systems within our mean time to restore (MTTR).
We are also monitoring use and potential uses of artificial intelligence (AI) tools across our business, and recently implemented an AI Usage Policy in order to establish guidelines for the ethical, secure, and compliant use of AI platforms by our employees in connection with our business.
We protect our information systems with physical, electronic, and software safeguards considered appropriate by our management. We employ a specialist vendor to continuously monitor our systems for security events and risks within our network. We regularly provide security risk awareness education and training to our staff and to the Board of Directors. Despite these efforts, computer viruses, hackers, employee misuse or misconduct, and other internal or external hazards could expose our data systems to security breaches, cyber-attacks, or other disruptions. Refer to “Item 1C. Cybersecurity” for more information on our cybersecurity risk management.
See “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors —Risks Related to Our Business —Modeling risks are inherent in our business.”and “—Technology breaches or failures, including those resulting from a malicious ransomware or cyber-attack on us or our business partners and service providers, could disrupt or otherwise negatively impact our business.”
Human Capital Management
Human Capital & Company Core Values
Our employees are our most valuable asset and are core to our success. We are focused on building a performance and results-driven culture, which strives to get the best out of all employees and to help them to maximize their full potential. We believe in fostering an open and collaborative culture that encourages employees to take ownership of their performance and development. Our executive management team and Board of Directors are committed to creating an environment where every employee can succeed. In late 2024 we formalized the following set of core values that reflect how our colleagues should strive to operate and behave across the Company, regardless of location, level, or function: Nimble, Innovative, Excellence, Accountable, and Collaborative. We took steps throughout 2025 to embed these core values into all aspects of our culture through such areas as employee onboarding, reviews and recognition programs.
Diversity
As of December 31, 2025, 42% of our total global employees were female. In January 2025, we conducted a survey completed by 83% of our employees, with approximately 33% of employees self-identifying as racially or ethnically diverse.
Employees
At December 31, 2025, we had 84 total employees worldwide, including internship and part-time employees, 41 of whom were based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 25 in Dublin, Ireland, and 18 in London, United Kingdom. From time to time, we also engage consultants and contract with third parties, as needed, to provide additional resources to support our business activities.
Talent Development
We recognize that our strength lies in our people and therefore we strive to hire talented people and invest significantly in our employees’ professional development and personal growth. We have implemented an employee training and development policy to encourage our employees to take advantage of training and development opportunities.
We also invest in the professional growth of our leaders through customized executive training to build advanced skills and capabilities.
Compensation Practices
We have designed our performance-driven compensation policy to attract, motivate, reward and retain the best people. We use short-term compensation composed of base salary and annual cash bonuses and long-term compensation composed of stock options, restricted share units, and restricted shares, as applicable, to align our employees’ and executive officers’ interests with those of our shareholders. In addition, from time to time and under certain circumstances, we award sign-on bonuses, retention bonuses, and other bonus opportunities. We also offer welfare benefits and other perquisites, including a defined contribution pension plan and medical insurance coverage for our employees. As part of our commitment to supporting our employees, we match certain contributions made by our employees to charities and not-for-profit organizations.
We believe our employees are fairly compensated without regard to gender, race, and ethnicity.
Work Environment
We are committed to the health, safety and wellness of our workforce, including maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Each of our employees annually acknowledges complying with our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which provides employees with access to an anonymous whistleblower hotline to report any violations. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website.
Additional Information
Our website address is www.greenlightre.com, and we make available, free of charge, on or through our website, links to our Annual Reports, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and other documents we file with or furnish to the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.
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