GlobeNewswire Inc | Jan 31, 2022 08:05AM EST

January 31, 2022

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Jan. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLRE) (Greenlight Re or the Company), has received in-principle approval from Lloyds to establish an insurtech-focused syndicate. Syndicate 3456, which will commence operations in the second quarter of 2022, will be established under the innovative Syndicate-in-a-box (SIAB) model. It will be managed by Asta, the leading third-party managing agent at Lloyds.

Greenlight Re Innovations has built a market-leading reputation in early stage insurtech and has made 20 investments to date. Syndicate 3456 will enable Greenlight Re to provide capacity to its growing portfolio of insurtechs.

The Company will appoint Andy Gladwin as active underwriter for Syndicate 3456. Andy, who has over 30 years of experience in the London market, joined Greenlight Re in November 2020 as Managing Director of Greenlight Re Marketing (UK) Limited. Andy said, Greenlight Re has been a supporter of Lloyds for several years through the provision of Funds at Lloyds capacity. Syndicate 3456 will strengthen our Lloyds relationship and London market presence. We are delighted to work with Asta on this exciting initiative.

Simon Burton, Chief Executive Officer at Greenlight Re, said, GRIs support of insurance innovators is a key element of Greenlight Res strategy. By combining Greenlight Res knowledge of and access to early stage insurtechs with Lloyds reputation, licensing, and rating, we aim to create a market-leading insurtech syndicate which can generate strong underwriting returns.

Julian Tighe, Chief Executive Officer at Asta, added, We are pleased to unveil our latest SIAB, which further reinforces our ability to provide a flexible and swift route to market for aspiring new entrants to Lloyds. GRI syndicate 3456 embodies innovation with its exclusive insurtech focus, and we are delighted to work with the Greenlight Re team. We look forward to seeing the positive impact its business may have in Lloyds.

About Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd.

Greenlight Re (www.greenlightre.com) provides multi-line property and casualty reinsurance through its licensed and regulated reinsurance entities in the Cayman Islands and Ireland. The Company complements its underwriting activities with a non-traditional investment approach designed to achieve higher rates of return over the long term than reinsurance companies that exclusively employ more traditional investment strategies. In 2018, the Company launched its Greenlight Re Innovations unit, which supports technology innovators in the (re)insurance space by providing investment, risk capacity, and access to a broad insurance network.

About Asta

Asta Managing Agency Ltd is the leading third-party managing agent at Lloyds and is responsible for twelve syndicates, one SPA and two Syndicates-in-a-Box with capacity under management in 2022 of more than 1.4bn.

Asta Underwriting Management Limited (AUML) brings the skills, experience and capabilities of the leading third-party managing agency at Lloyds to the MGA market. AUML currently manages four MGAs.

See https://www.asta-uk.com/our-clients/ for full details.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. The Company intends these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements in the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made on behalf of the Company. These risks and uncertainties include the impact of general economic conditions and conditions affecting the insurance and reinsurance industry, the adequacy of our reserves, our ability to assess underwriting risk, trends in rates for property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, competition, investment market fluctuations, trends in insured and paid losses, catastrophes, regulatory and legal uncertainties and other factors described in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Investor Relations

Karin Daly The Equity Group Inc. (212) 836-9606 IR@greenlightre.ky